One of the privacy cases that I covered over the last 5+ years on PogoWasRight.org concerned the government’s ability to require extensive background checks on employees and employees of contractors. That case, NASA v. Nelson, was eventually decided by the Supreme Court in January 2011. EPIC had filed an amicus brief in the case on…
Month: November 2012
Sierra Plastic Surgery notifies patients of privacy and data security breach that occurred in 2011
Aha. We now have some information on a breach that had been posted to HHS’s breach tool on October 19. At that time, I had blogged: Sierra Plastic Surgery in Nevada was hacked or had a network compromise between August 19, 2011 and September 20, 2011, but are apparently just reporting it to HHS now –…
UK: Kind charity raided in break-in and computer stolen
Jonathan Collinson reports: A computer containing vital information needed to help deprived families in Liverpool was stolen from a children’s charity. Police officers were called to the Kind charity offices in Back Canning Street, in the city centre, to a report that a window had been broken and a computer stolen from inside Read more…
Romanian authorities dismantle cybercrime ring responsible for $25 million credit card fraud
I wonder how many breaches this bust clears up? For IDG News Service, Lucian Constantin reports: Romanian law enforcement authorities have dismantled a criminal group that stole credit card data from foreign companies as part of an operation that resulted in fraudulent transactions totaling US$25 million. […] According to DIICOT, the group’s members gained unauthorized…
VT: Woman gets probation for looking at another’s medical records
I had missed this case every time it appeared in the media, it seems, but the Times Argus reported on November 10 that a former employee at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center was sentenced for snooping into the records of her husband’s ex-wife on numerous occasions: After an emotional hearing, a judge sentenced a woman who…
CT: Bag stolen from car in September contained data from Soundental Associates
The New Haven Register reports: A bag stolen from a car in September contained data from a local dentist office, but the business said Monday that patients’ privacy has not been compromised. The bag contained personal items and back-up media cartridges from Soundental Associates P.C. that were being taken to an off-site storage location. It…