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Sony: An Open E-Mail to Commissioner Thür

DblDigger

Dear Commissioner Thür,
For some time now Sony has been in the public eye because of the disclosure of customer data. In particular, four of the recent cases lead me to question their lawful handling of customer records.
A hacker was able to obtain 77 million user profiles of the Sony PlayStation network.1
From Sony's online game service Online Entertainment an addtional 25 million profiles were accessed. 2
Sony itself inadvertantly revealed 2500 data sets.3
Through a beginner's mistake hackers were able to capture various user profiles. 4
Since then one reads almost daily of further hacks of Sony. 5
This company seems in general to have a remarkable lack of awareness regarding adequate security and the handling of personal data.
The identities of some 430,000 Swiss citizens are hereby affected.6 Such a lax handling of data is certain to shake people's trust in Sony's handling of data for a long time to come. One can presume a system failure according to Art. 29 of the Federal Data Protection Law (DSG).
I would hereby like to encourage the Federal Data Protection and Information Commission (EDÖB) to take on this case and investigate the data processing methods of Sony and, if appropriate, send recommendations, in order to assure the data security of the affected Swiss citizens.
Many thanks for considering my request.
Sincerely yours,
Denis Simonet
President of the Pirate Party Switzerland
Co-Signer:
Pascal Gloor, Vice President of the Pirate Party Switzerland

Submitted by DblDigger on 19 June, 2011 - 19:38

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