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Show University Journal Thursday, September 9, 2004 Page 9 Journal Almanac September 2004 Forecast Greek Rush ICAs Ken Solomon read the letter 'recently from a company whose -- software he had bought, says, its not currently in place. Julie Fergerson, of the Merchant Risk Council, a nonprofit organization that helps educate merchants on the best practices for fighting fraud, said the solution isnt as simple as deleting credit card data once a transaction is complete. There are actually legitimate business reasons why you would want to keep a customers credit card number at least six months, At she said. a time, any can cardholder say he didn't make this and purchase the company needs proof if he did. the for Intuit, spokeswoman software company that bought ItsDeductible in July 2003. Solomons data and that of about 47,000 other customers was being stored, she said, because the makers of ItsDeductible offered guarantee buyers a money-bac- k if the software didnt save them a certain amount of money on their next tax return. The guarantee has r a nearly lifespan. Otherwise, Intuits privacy and security policies require customer data to be purged on an ongoing Miller basis, said. is a That excuse lame for keeping By DON OLDENBURG ; WASHINGTON POST one 'sentence set off alarms: Your 'credit or debit card information may be at risk. The letter from ItsDeductible, a California manufacturer of informed software, 'customers that the companys office had been burgled June 11. t A computer containing customers confidential credit card information was Ty including Solomons taken. "The data was password-protectecircumstances land the break-in- s indicated the thief was after iQardware to resell and not the data ToiT the hard drive, making misuse -qf the information a remote "possibility, the letter reassured. But theres no guarantee, it warned. Solomon says the letter offered "Zero assurance or comfort. But what really aggravated him was that he bought that software 16 months before the theft. card my Keeping charge information on their computer for such a duration is' nuts, said Solomon, a Pacifica, Calif., reader. How long can corporations store your credit card information? Forever, if they want. Currently, -- there are no laws or industry standards governing information storage in the private sector. This was an unfortunate said Julie Miller, .incident, two-yea- HIGH: Mid 80s LOW: Mid 50s SUNNY Ve haven't - -- even scratched the surface of how exposed our personal financial information stored on file and Los unsecured, Angeles security expert Chris E. Chris E. McGoey says of the guarantee. McGoey, president of McGoey Security Consulting, said credit breaches information card data confidential other and vulnerabilities, in computers or not, pose a serious problem as identity theft grows. We havent even scratched the surface of how exposed our personal financial records are, he said. Although legislation has been drafted in California and some other states that would require encryption of credit card and Social Security numbers, McGoey Greek Rush National Society of Collegiate Scholars Induction, 6 p.m., Hunter Conference Center MOSTLY SUNNY American records are. Express spokeswoman McGoey Molly Faust says Amex generally merchants that recommends retain supporting documentation about charges for 24 months in case a charge is disputed. But, she adds, they should be using and other security encryption standards to protect the data. Corporate America has begun to take that next step. Visa, American Express MasterCard, and Discover all have brand-necompliance programs that they are rolling out, and they require the merchants to encrypt the credit card information, Fergerson said. Service Day SUU Outdoors: Zion Narrows Cleanup, 6 a.m. Cedar City Classic 10K Race, 9 a.m. SUU Presents, 11 a.m.. Library parking lot Jubilee II: President's reception and silent auction, 3:30 p.m.. Hunter Conference Center Jubilee II: Dinner, 5:45 p.m.. Hunter Conference Center Jubilee II: Live auction and prize drawing, 6:30 p.m., Hunter Conference Center Jubilee II: Osmonds 2nd Generation Concert, 8 p.m., Heritage Center Theatre People recall day of infamy, tragic circumstances in 2001 Last day to drop classes without a "W" Morgan and I got something to cat to calm my Everyone remembers where and what he or she nerves. Then I went home, talked with my mom ,was doing on Sept. 11, 2001. - , 1 was a senior in high school. On the day after for a little bit and watched some news. I was not feeling well at all so I laid down for a attacks, my sociology teacher. Chip Hopkins, . The class record to our us time nap thoughts. j.gave Jack Ashton was my orchestra teacher and following is what I wrote on Sept. 12, 2001, in a i, letter to myself so I would never forget how I felt conductor. Morgan is my cousin and is a year younger than I. Bestamor is the Norwegian name day: jhat ' I was when to orchestra for grandmother. We couldnt contact my mother Chip yesterday walking Hopkins stopped me on his way to class. He told and were trying to reach Bestamor, who was "me that two planes had crashed into the Twin Morgans legal guardian at the time, so we could be released from school. Towers. I followed him into his classroom with I continued my letter to myself on Sept. 13: other students and we watched briefly, on Channel Im still really mad, but mostly scared. I dont ;'2, the live coverage of the second plane crashing feel safe. I dont feel safe at school or anywhere. Into the second World Trade Center tower. -A passenger train hit a cargo train this morning The bell rang to go to class, and we still watched the news. Chip used some choice words to outside of Wendover. It really scared me. Things dont seem worth doing. Although I express his anger and frustration. We all kind 5 of laughed. The tardy bell rang, and I went to dont really like going to school usually, I really dont want to go now. I dont care orchestra. about scientific notation when people Everything went on as usual. Jack ' - are dying, are dead, Americans Ashton had been at chamber orchestra 200-fopile of yearly morning, so he didnt even know. MEMORY are buried beneath a -- Neither did most of the kids in the class. rubble. I want to be at home, be by myself, be Finally, Seth Fullmer told Andrew with my friends, read my scriptures and . Marshal toward the end of class. Andrew focused the class attention to Seth, who pray. Most of my teachers pretend that told us about the first plane. I added information about the second plane. nothing has happened. Some dont even mention it. Others, like Chip and Sister We packed up and turned on the TV until the bell rang. In third period (Chip Iman, let us talk about it and, for the most part, let us take it easy. Hopkins sociology class), all we did This is the worst thing that has ever for the entire hour was watch the news Channels 2 and 5. We found out about happened. And to just pretend it didnt the Pentagon, Pennsylvania and the happen, to pretend that chemistry is CARLI WARR r Trade Towers more important than life, is wrong. collapsing. When I saw a young girl, probably Sure, life goes on. for now. But what -if it doesnt? For thousands of people about 9 years old, running and screaming it ; through the streets, I started to get choked up. in New York and D.C. and on the airplanes 4 Then right after, when I saw the high school in doesnt go on. "Manhattan that was thought to have a bomb in it, Carpe diem. I started to cry. Then right after that they showed America is the promised land. As I wear my red, white and blue today, I am . on TV Palestine and footage outside of Jerusalem. People were running through the streets cheering proud to be an American. I know 1 will never forget that day. It helped me and holding up V signs for victory and throwing remember the things that were important to me, candy. I felt sick. I felt like I was going to throw up. I just wanted such as my family, friends and faith. to go home. I did not want to be in any building. I will remember that life is precious and more important than chemistry or scientific notations. Chip passed around his postcard of the Twin I will remember Sept. 11 as one of the worst Towers. When the bell rang, I got up from the chair events that has ever happened to me and the United States of America. I will remember that by Chips desk by the window and went to day when I prioritize, when I make life decisions chemistry. Mr. Renzetti simply said, Yeah thats crappy, and when I vote. That date and the events that happened that day and then proceeded to go over the homework. After about 10 or 15 minutes, the loud speaker and thereafter will always be a part of everyone who lived through it. We will all remember. came on informing us of a bomb threat. We spent the next one hour on the back fields. Carli Warr is the Associate Editor of News for They would not let us leave. the University Journal. She can be reached at I just wanted to go home. Morgan and I called Bestamor to come and get us, but then they let us cwarrsuujournal.com. . 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