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<blockquote data-quote="Star*" data-source="post: 418216" data-attributes="member: 4964"><p>This was verified by NBC - and you can look for the story about Epsilon - this isn't a joke - just be careful. No credit card info was taken. I cut and pasted this from another site I go to - so it's just FYI. </p><p> </p><p><strong>Occupational Therapist (OT): Head's up - email addresses stolen from Walgreens, Kroger, Chase, Best Buy, Target & more </strong></p><p></p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px">I've gotten a similar email from multiple companies. It seems a lot of companies use Epsilon for their email databases. (As the world's largest permission-based email marketing services, Epsilon has more than 2,500 clients and sends more than 40 billion emails annually.)</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Some companies are saying only email addresses were stolen, others are saying email addresses AND first/last names.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Just wanted to give you all a head's up. Be very cautious when opening an email from any company (even if it's addressed to you by your name), and don't click on links unless you can verify that they are valid.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><img src="http://www.freesamplesite.com/ydf/images/smilies/smile.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Dear Valued Customer,</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">On March 30th, we were informed by Epsilon, a company we use to send emails to our customers, that files containing the email addresses of some Walgreens customers were accessed without authorization.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">We have been assured by Epsilon that the only information that was obtained was your email address. No other personally identifiable information was at risk because such data is not contained in Epsilon's email system.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">For your security, we encourage you to be aware of common email scams that ask for personal or sensitive information. Walgreens will not send you emails asking for your credit card number, social security number or other personally identifiable information. If ever asked for this information, you can be confident it is not from Walgreens.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">We regret this has taken place and any inconvenience this may have caused you. If you have any questions regarding this issue, please contact us at 1-855-814-0010. We take your privacy very seriously, and we will continue to work diligently to protect your personal information.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Sincerely,</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Walgreens Customer Service Team</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong>Here is a partial list of companies affected</strong>:</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">AbeBooks</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Ameriprise Financial</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">AstraZeneca</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Barclays</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Best Buy</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Brookstone</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Capital One</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Chase/JP Morgan</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Citigroup</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">The College Board</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Disney Destinations</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Fry's</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Hilton Hotels</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">HSN</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Kraft Foods</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Kroger</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Lacoste</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">LL Bean Visa</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Marriott Rewards</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">McKinsey & Company</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">New York & Company</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Ritz-Carlton Rewards</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Robert Half Technologies</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Target</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">TiVo</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">US Bank</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Verizon</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Walgreens </p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Star*, post: 418216, member: 4964"] This was verified by NBC - and you can look for the story about Epsilon - this isn't a joke - just be careful. No credit card info was taken. I cut and pasted this from another site I go to - so it's just FYI. [B]Occupational Therapist (OT): Head's up - email addresses stolen from Walgreens, Kroger, Chase, Best Buy, Target & more [/B] [INDENT]I've gotten a similar email from multiple companies. It seems a lot of companies use Epsilon for their email databases. (As the world's largest permission-based email marketing services, Epsilon has more than 2,500 clients and sends more than 40 billion emails annually.) Some companies are saying only email addresses were stolen, others are saying email addresses AND first/last names. Just wanted to give you all a head's up. Be very cautious when opening an email from any company (even if it's addressed to you by your name), and don't click on links unless you can verify that they are valid. [IMG]http://www.freesamplesite.com/ydf/images/smilies/smile.gif[/IMG] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dear Valued Customer, On March 30th, we were informed by Epsilon, a company we use to send emails to our customers, that files containing the email addresses of some Walgreens customers were accessed without authorization. We have been assured by Epsilon that the only information that was obtained was your email address. No other personally identifiable information was at risk because such data is not contained in Epsilon's email system. For your security, we encourage you to be aware of common email scams that ask for personal or sensitive information. Walgreens will not send you emails asking for your credit card number, social security number or other personally identifiable information. If ever asked for this information, you can be confident it is not from Walgreens. We regret this has taken place and any inconvenience this may have caused you. If you have any questions regarding this issue, please contact us at 1-855-814-0010. We take your privacy very seriously, and we will continue to work diligently to protect your personal information. Sincerely, Walgreens Customer Service Team ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [B]Here is a partial list of companies affected[/B]: AbeBooks Ameriprise Financial AstraZeneca Barclays Best Buy Brookstone Capital One Chase/JP Morgan Citigroup The College Board Disney Destinations Fry's Hilton Hotels HSN Kraft Foods Kroger Lacoste LL Bean Visa Marriott Rewards McKinsey & Company New York & Company Ritz-Carlton Rewards Robert Half Technologies Target TiVo US Bank Verizon Walgreens [/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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