Michael Standaert reports: Hong Kong’s data protection authority concluded that a medical center and an insurance broker engaged in the “deceitful” collection and sale of the personal data of more than 360,000 people over a two-year period, according to an investigation report released April 9. Allan Chiang, Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data for the Hong Kong Special…
Month: April 2013
Amherst man’s gun permit reinstated; case raises questions about police access to medical records
There was a story from upstate New York that didn’t get my attention when I first read about it. A man was ordered to turn in his guns under New York’s new SAFE Act, allegedly because he had taken anti-anxiety medication and his mental health history made him a danger to himself or others. His…
Schnucks discloses details of breach affecting 2.4M customers
Last month, Schnucks Markets, a multi-state chain of grocery markets, disclosed that customers at some of its stores had become victims of card fraud. I duly entered the reports in DataLossDB.org, but didn’t post anything on this blog. This past week, I emailed Schnucks to ask for some more details. They declined to answer any…
Husband and wife sentenced in tax refund fraud scheme in Florida
Douglas Michael Young (a/k/a “Douglas Pierre”) and Nicole Young (a/k/a “Nicole Pierre” and “Nicole Pierre Smith”) were sentenced Thursday for their participation in a stolen identity tax refund scheme. They had previously pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to steal government property, one count of theft of government property, and one count of aggravated identity…
HeLa again at the frontier of medical privacy
I was just reading a fascinating piece that made me aware of a book and case I need to be more informed about: On Twitter I was discussing the latest insult to the family of Henrietta Lacks, the woman whose cancer cells are still an important laboratory tool long after her death. The ethics here are…
PC Giant GIGABYTE Hacked, Defaced & Data leaked
Turkish Ajan hacker group hacker Maxney has today announced another big leak from another high profile target. This time they has taken sights to well known computer parts manufacturer Gigabyte and as a result they now have 4 defaced subdomains and a leak of data floating online. The attack was announced over the official turkish ajan hacker groups…