Axciom is a big player in the consumer personal database industry. Whether you know it or not, your ra eprobably trusting Axciom with your personal financial information, because "Acxiom clients include 14 of the 15 biggest credit card companies, seven of the top ten auto manufacturers and five of the top six retail banks. The company also analyses consumer databases for multinationals such as Microsoft, IBM, AT&T and General Electric" (theRegister).
So naturally, with billions entrusted, Acxiom must be quite a secure place. Sounds like the Fort Knox of consumer data. I guess that is why Acxiom has been hacked and that entrusted data has been stolen. Of course Acxiom says they take security very seriously... reminds me of the "on hold" voice that says "your call is important to us" while the company puts you into a massive queue to speak to one of very few low-wage customer service reps assigned to the phones. Is it all BS?
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