From BBC: An appeal hearing has overturned a £250,000 fine for Scottish Borders Council over data protection failings. The Information Commissioner’s Office issued the Monetary Penalty Notice (MPN) in September last year. SBC paid the fine to get a 20% discount but lodged an appeal saying the scale of it was “very disappointing”. A four-day…
Month: July 2013
Resource: State by state data breach notification laws
Perkins Coie has compiled an updated resource (141 pages) of state data breach notification laws:
Nurse charged with stealing patients' information to fund lavish lifestyle
A nurse from Staten Island, New York has been charged with stealing the identity information of 80 patients at South Shore Physicians, P.C., the medical practice where she was employed between 2004 and 2012. Read more on NY Post.
18,000 Social Security numbers printed on outside of U.Va. student mailings
The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports: The Social Security numbers of 18,700 University of Virginia students appeared on the address labels of health insurance brochures mailed across the country in the latest in a string of breaches at the state’s flagship university. Read more on their site.
Restaurant pledges to help victims of scam
Phil Rockrohr reports: Corporate officials of Eddie Merlot’s, whose manager was charged July 2 with stealing customers’ identities, have pledged to “rectify the issue with any affected patron.” […] On July 2, Alexander Pera, 26, of Chicago was arrested and charged with aggravated identity theft, identity theft and money laundering, police said. Pera, who had been…
Report: Former Monroeville police chief Cole should have acted (UPDATED)
I’ve previously covered a situation involving Monroeville’s 911 dispatch system sharing emergency call information with parties who had no legitimate need to be informed. There’s now an update to the case, although the case is still open. Kyle Lawson reports: An investigator hired by Monroeville determined that former Police Chief Doug Cole should have acted…