March 25, 2004; March 26, 2004; June 23, 2004; July 2, 2004; July 3, 2004; August 4, 2007; August 5, 2007; August 13, 2007; and August 14, 2007. You could also be at risk if you shopped at their Fresno Cali store between November 26, 2003 and October 24, 2005. If the above describes you, review your credit card statements for unexpected charges and monitor your credit report for strange activity. Affected customers may receive a notice from their credit card company.
Forever 21 also announced the problem to its customers via a small link on its site labeled "Important Customer Info Notice" that no one will ever click on.
]]>@Auffed_By_Heidi: ha! so true. we don't have a forever 21 at our mall, but we do have a gadzooks, which sells mostly f21 merchandise. man, that stuff is flimsy...
]]>I stopped shopping here when they got pushy about the ID thing. It bothers me on principle.
]]>@BoomerFive: Harsh much! She was just asking a question. Sheesh.
]]>@rbaldwin: yes, but sometimes transactions dont get posted to the next day or something... especially stuff like hotel/gas transactions
]]>Never...
]]>I'm totally safe, because I only shop at F21 with knock-off credit cards.
]]>I wonder if, mathematically speaking, it is more feasible to
A) spend money to upgrade the security and encryption on databases that store customers' private information, or
B) lose business because word gets out that said database has been hacked?
Judging by stories like this, it seems as though choice B is better for the bottom line. Maybe if companies were held more accountable for the methods they used for storing private information...
]]>Most online banking/credit services allow you to do a date search for transactions. Having the dates handy is helpful.
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