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  • Scammers Using Hewlett Packard UK

    Hewlett Packard Company,
    Customer Service Department,
    26 Lower Mall, Hammersmith,
    London W6 9DJ
    United Kingdom,

    Reference No: HPC/L/W-1221908.
    Batch No: HPC/L-653-2008
    Winning No: HPC/L/W- 1221908/07

    Good day Sir/Madam,

    Lottery notification

    This is to inform you that you are winner from the just concluded Hawlett Packard (HP) Company lottery in way of saying thank you for your patronage and in promotion of our hardware and software product.

    Kindly note that this lottery is approved by the British Lottery Board BLDA, any mail without this approval code (BLDP) Meaning British lottery board approved.

    No ticket were sold but it was done my a randomly selected email database from all email service providers and with the help of Microsoft incorporated, to this you have been declared a winner of 1,000,000,00 Great British Pounds sterling and One HP Pavilion laptop from the just announce result with Reference No: HPC/L/W-1221908.and Batch No: HPC/L-653-2008.

    You are to fill the verification form below and forward to your claim processor for proper entirely into the British lottery book of the year and for accurate delivery of prize to you. you can call him if need be.
    On behalf of the entire staff of HP company we say congratulations.

    VERIFICATION FORM

    {1} Your Full Names:……………
    {2} Contact Address:…………….
    {3} Telephone Number:………………………
    {4} Fax numbers(optional):……………
    (5} Nationality/Country:……………
    {6} Date of Birth:…………………………………..
    {7} Age/Sex:……………………….
    {8} Occupation:……………………………………………………
    {9} Scan a copy of your international passport and your personal photograph.
    How would you want to get your prize? …………….

    {A} Come down to United Kingdom to pick up your Cheque & 2 hp Pavilion
    laptops.

    {B} Courier delivery of your winning cheque and 2 hp Pavilion laptops to your
    doorsteps.

    ****************************************************************
    CONTACT:
    Hewlett Packard Promotion Processing Department,
    Mr. Rick Bowen
    Tel : +447045756005
    Phone: +447045743006
    Email: hprickbowen@live.com

    *******************************************************************
    Note that your reference number and batch no and all other details concerning this lottery should not be disclosed until prize is delivered, this is to avoid double claim and delivery of prize to the wrong person.

    Once a again I say congratulation,
    Yours truly,

    Mr. Philip Omar
    Public relations officer.
    Hawlett Packard computer company

  • Is Privacy Dead?

    Yes.
    Privacy is dead and getting deader. So who killed it? We did. We killed it with our nature. We like our tools & technology. We can’t go without our GPS, SIM card loaded cell phones. We don’t really think about how cell Phones can be easily tracked and tell so many intimated details about where you are and who you’re talking to.

    We love convenience so how can we go without our Google, Yahoo, MSN searches and our access to the Internet. Never mind the fact that all of these entities track or even record (and send to the government) every thing we do online.

    Our nature places privacy last on the list, and convenience and comfort in the top five. I’m not looking down my nose at you. I’m guilty of all of the above privacy sins. I’m not judging your search engine usage or saying you should switch to anonymizers and clusty.com or go phone using an untraceable credit card.. I’ve got my tin foil hat in storage next to my year supply of MRE’s and shot guns.

    I’m just pointing out the facts. We give our privacy away, to companies, the government and other organizations.

    What is a bit bothersome to me are laws that allow the abuse of what we are willing to give in trust. The protection of the data we entrust to companies, federal, state and local government should not be allowed to be misused neither by

    Violations of the 4th Amendment (use of your online history without probable cause) nor by criminal hackers and/or companies selling your information to the highest bidder.

    Fair laws that are in favor of the buyer adherence to the 4th Amendment. I don’t think this is a reasonable request. I think the CIO’s who implement opt-out letters sent to clients expect some amount of respect for the information they put out.

    Would be pissed if his financial information was stolen.

  • Invasion of Privacy Laws

    Privacy laws are supposed to protect the rights of individual citizens. The advent of the information age has made privacy a bit of a challenge. Invasion of privacy is now much more common place as personal information on individuals is readily available and many organizations that collect certain bits of information on customers, employees, servants and officers don’t do enough to protect privacy.

    Invasion of privacy laws are imperative because the loss of privacy can mean not only a small inconvenience but major loss of assets and/or opportunity. Loss of privacy can mean (among other things) identity theft, financial fraud or and inability to get a job.

    Many first world and emerging technological countries must deal with this challenge. There are many invastion of privacy laws designed to protect common citizens:

    United States, Privacy Act of 1974, designed to hold those that handle private information accountable for its protection.

    * Health Information Privacy Accountability Act — Office for Civil Rights U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
    * Financial Services Modernization Act (GLB), 15 U.S. Code §§ 6801-6810
    * Final Rule on Privacy of Consumer Financial Information, 16 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 313
    * Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), 15 U.S. Code §§ 1681-1681u

    Australia, Privacy Act of 1988, sets out principles in relation to the collection, use, disclosure, security and access to personal information.

    Canada Privacy Law

    Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act governs the collection, use and disclosure of personal information in connection with commercial activities and personal information about employees of federal works, undertakings and businesses. Wiki

  • UK planning to monitor and record every phone call, web page, and email sent by citizens

    The Home Office will create a database to store the details of every phone call made, every email sent and every web page visited by British citizens in the previous year under plans currently under discussion, it has emerged.

    The Government wants to create the system to fight terrorism and crime. The police and security services believe it will make it easier to access important data as communications become more complex.

    Telecoms firms and internet service providers (ISPs) have already been approached by the Home Office, which would be given customer records if the plans were realized.

    Only a matter of time before the same happens in the U.S. It might already be underway by the NSA. Who knows.

    more at Telegraph.co.uk