OHIO Sues DSW Over Data-Breach Customer Notification

Not so long ago Orson Swindle at the SEC promised hell to pay if companies don't get their act together regarding data security. It seems Ohio Attorney General, Jim Petro agrees, as Ohio has become the first state to sue DSW Shoes in relation to their recent data theft.

Via ConsumerAffairs.com:

Ohio Sues DSW Over Customer Data Theft

June 7, 2005

Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro has asked a court to order shoe retailer Designer Shoe Warehouse (DSW) to individually notify each customer whose personal information may have been stolen recently from DSW computer files. Ohio is the first state to sue the retailer over one of the biggest security breaches of its kind in the nation.

"DSW has acknowledged that a security breach led to the loss of more than one million customers' checking and credit information, yet the company has not individually notified each customer to warn them about this mishap," Petro said.

"As we have said repeatedly, we see no reason why DSW, working with the credit card companies and the underlying issuing banks, cannot arrange for direct notification of every affected consumer."

The full article can be found here. An the Ohio Attorney General's Office press release regarding the suit can be seen here.

-- MDT