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I know of a reasonably large travel agency that asks their customers to send a photo of their passport, driver's license, and credit card to a random employee's
by adolfojp 6y ago
I know of a reasonably large travel agency that asks their customers to send a photo of their passport, driver's license, and credit card to a random employee's personal email account. I warned my brother against sending them his information and he saw me as the problem.
I have a client that stores similar information in an external HDD in a shared office that a lot of people have access to. I convinced him to let me install BitLocker at a minimum and to allow me to have his computer lock automatically. He had another guy remove full disk encryption because it was a hassle when he moved the HDD around and remove the auto lock because he wanted his secretary to access the computer when he was away from keyboard.
I know an accountant who calls me paranoid when I talk to him about securing the devices that he uses to store tax information about all his clients.
We need regulations and fines because the only way in which people are going to listen about security is if it hurts their pockets.
- solarkraft 6y agoLuckily there is such regulation in the EU (but it could arguably be better enforced). Are there no such things in the US?
- adolfojp 6y agoSort of but not quite. Sending CC info through email violates the PCI DSS. The PCI is a private organization so noncompliance is not a violation of the law. There is no unified law across the US that deals with data privacy. Several states are starting to address this problem but there's nothing like what the EU offers.