By safegardit on Thursday, December 27, 2007 10:17 AM

By Joseph Palmersheim, Sun Newspapers
December 26, 2007

One Lakeville company's digital reach goes far beyond city limits and exists in the boundless sphere of the World Wide Web.

Safegard It is a global technology recovery service. Each Safegard It registered device is provided with a tag featuring a unique identification number to identify it in case of theft. If it is reported lost or stolen, Safegard It can report the IP address for use by law enforcement in recovering the device. Safegard It and its parent company, Positive Results, are owned by Dan Medin of Lakeville.

"Positive Results has been in business for about 15 years," Medin said. "Safegard is more of a brand name, and it's been in business for about a year and a half.&qu ... Read More »

By Dan Medin on 12/7/2007 3:40 PM

By David Phelps, Star Tribune

December 6, 2007

Personal information, including the Social Security numbers of more than a quarter-million Minnesota and Wisconsin donors to Memorial Blood Centers, is in the hands of a thief.

The organization revealed Wednesday that a laptop containing the names and addresses of 268,000 donors was stolen Nov. 28 as center employees set up a skyway-level blood drive in downtown Minneapolis on Seventh Street.