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Coleman Web site dropped promise not to store donors’ credit card data

By Chris Steller | 03.12.09 | 4:54 pm

coleman-privacy-graphicAs recently as last year, Norm Coleman promised campaign donors his Web site would not store their credit card numbers. That was then. The Coleman Web site’s “Privacy Policy” now promises only to encrypt contributors’ data “during the transfer process.”…

Coleman: A ‘chilling, scary … attack on this campaign’

By Chris Steller | 03.11.09 | 7:08 pm

coleman-shrug“Chilling,” “frightening,” “scary.” That’s how former U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman described an apparent breach of confidential donor data at his campaign Web site. It’s “obviously an attack on this campaign,” he said.

Coleman donors express ‘extreme anger,’ fear, worry after breach

By Chris Steller | 03.11.09 | 4:09 pm

Donors to Norm Coleman responded to news of a campaign data breach with “extreme anger,” worry about their credit card accounts, and suspicion of the Al Franken campaign. Here is a sample of what Coleman campaign contributors are saying.