Identity Resolution Daily Links 2007-10-22
Hartford Business: Retailers Want Less Data Liability
“The storing of credit card data for a lengthy period of time has been questioned by the National Retail Federation as it argues that storing the data is inviting a security breach. In a letter to the Payment Card Industry earlier this month, NRF Chief Information Officer David Hogan wrote that all retailers want to eliminate credit card fraud.”
PogoWasRight.org: Government data sharing ‘lacks privacy protection’
“Most implementations of government data sharing lack adequate privacy protection for citizens, a member of the data privacy and advisory council at the US Department of Homeland Security has warned. . . . Without sufficient identity management to protect privacy, data could be misused.”
RetailNet: Citi Trend Falls on Shrinkage Problems
“At the 2007 Wachovia Consumer Growth Conference on Thursday, [Citi Trends] chief executive Edward R. Anderson said the company’s shrinkage problem largely stems from internal theft rather than shoplifting. . . . At the end of the second quarter when the company first disclosed the problem, shrinkage accounted for about 2.3% of sales. Anderson said the company expects shrinkage to be about 2% of sales in both the third and fourth quarters, before any improvement is seen. The company is working toward a shrinkage rate of less than 1.5% of sales.”
The Washington Post: From Casinos to Counterterrorism
“The casino industry, like the national security industry, is seeking information to answer a fundamental question: Who are you? ‘It’s, are you a good guy or a bad guy? A threat or a non-threat?’ explained Derk Boss, the vice president for surveillance for the Stratosphere hotel and casino, whose crew operates under what he calls the IOU system: Identify, Observe and Understand.”
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