by The Associated Press
Thursday, March 4, 2010
JUNEAU, Alaska -- A union representing 8,000 Alaska government workers is calling on the state to renegotiate terms of an identity theft settlement with the firm responsible for losing personal data of 77,000 current and former public employees.
In a letter to the administration sent Thursday, the Alaska State Employees Association criticized the state's settlement with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP for being too passive and too limited.
Specifically, it wants the affected people to be automatically enrolled into the firm's credit protection services, instead of being required to opt-in. The union also questioned why those services will only be available for two years, though consequences of the data loss may pop up long after the services expire.
