<A HREF="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2110856,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594">Texas is suing RadioShack</A> after the retailer's employees dumped thousands of customer records in garbage bins behind a store near Corpus Christi, Texas, on March 21. The records contained Social Security numbers, credit and debit card information, names, addresses and telephone numbers, according to investigators.

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott late on Monday filed documents charging that RadioShack had violated a 2005 law--the 2005 Identity Theft Enforcement and Protection Act--requiring businesses to protect and properly destroy any consumer records that contain sensitive information, including Social Security and bank account numbers.