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

[James McCarthy]

On 7 Mar 2008, at 13:30, Graeme Sutherland wrote:

> 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.

good on the bloke for contacting you.

>
>
> -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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