Microsoft and Danger to blame for Sidekick data loss – lawsuit
December 9, 2009 by admin
Filed under Breach Incidents, Of Note
Courthouse News has uploaded a copy of a class action lawsuit against Microsoft and Danger Inc. The complaint, filed by Terrence and Katie Teraszcka, Adam Beckelman, and Michael Guerrero in Cook County Court on November 17th, alleges that the defendants negligently failed to back up data before a network upgrade, resulting in Sidekick users losing [...]
Microsoft loses Sidekick users’ personal data
October 12, 2009 by admin
Filed under Business Sector, Lost or Missing
Martyn Williams reports: Contacts, calendar entries, photographs and other personal information of Sidekick users has almost certainly been lost for good following a service disruption at Sidekick provider Danger, the Microsoft subsidiary said on Saturday. The amount of data and number of users affected wasn’t disclosed by Microsoft or T-Mobile, but the Sidekick support forums [...]