How Much is your Privacy Worth Online? Absolute Poker Says $500.00
October 20, 2007
Absolute Poker has been wrapped in scandal over the past few weeks as stories of insider fraud, online poker cheating, and security leaks were uncovered. At last however they are trying to make good, the first step was releasing a statement, alerting the public that there was indeed a security leak, that there was an audit in process, and that Absolute Poker intended to fix the problem, which included a cheating employee, and perhaps fixed poker tournaments.
Today, according to several online poker players Absolute Poker representatives began calling people one by one from the original .xls document that was leaked, each person who's personal information was compromised by the internet poker room was given $500 to play with at Absolute Poker.
4Flush.com has received reports from both observers on the site, as well as people that actually played in the tournament, players have stated that the calls seem to be rushed, and rather mechanical, but as a whole, they seem happy to have the money.
Curiosity Pervails however, the $500, it's a great gesture, but, is it a settlement as well?
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