[BNM] [OT] Advice needed: my hard drive turned up on Ebay

[Graeme Sutherland]

That's so evil.
Can you claim on your insurance for *theft of your data*? So, initiate a
claim against your insurance company.  That ought to get their attention and
hopefully a quick settlement.  And CC all correspondence to the FSA.

-g


On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 12:58 PM, Remy Sharp <remy at leftlogic.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I was hoping someone might be able to offer some advice on a possibly
> bizarre situation.
>
> I had a accident back in late 2006 which resulted in my laptop as a
> write off.
>
> (If you're interested in pointing and laughing, I blogged it back
> then: http://remysharp.com/2006/12/14/the-delicate-apple/ )
>
> As such, it was sent to an independent insurance claims validator (not
> sure what their real names are - but the chaps who allow the claim to
> go through).
>
> I was eventually told that the machine was irreparable, and a new one
> would be purchase from Apple.
>
> I enquired about the hard drive - since there was personal and
> business documents on it (I know, I could have formatted it, but I
> honestly expected them to repair the screen) - and I was told, in no
> uncertain terms that the hard drive would be incinerated as per their
> policy.
>
> Low and behold - 1 year later, I receive an email from a guy saying:
>
> "You dont know me but i bought an apple powerbook from ebay and it has
> some documents of yours on. i guess it must have been yours at one
> point."
>
> If this turns out to be my drive, I'll be extremely pissed that I had
> be lied to.
>
> Can anyone offer any advice, or suggestions as to how I should proceed
> with action - in particular again the insurance company (or the
> validators)?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Remy Sharp
> Left Logic
>
> work ~ http://leftlogic.com
> blog ~ http://remysharp.com
> project ~ http://jqueryfordesigners.com
>
>
>
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