Terrie Morgan-Besecker reports that employees of Wayne County, Pennsylvania have been notified of the Paytime, Inc. breach noted previously on this blog: Hackers breached Wayne County’s payroll processor, potentially gaining access to hundreds of government employees’ Social Security numbers, home addresses and bank account information. Chief Clerk Vicky Botjer confirmed the county was notified Tuesday…
Month: May 2014
Denbighshire: Council privacy blunders exposed
The North Wales Daily Post reports: A lost iPad containing confidential minutes and client records that were accidentally destroyed included in a report to be tabled next week A list of addresses were lost in a street and an iPad was left on a plane in a catalogue of Data Protection Act breaches. Minutes of…
LabMD Files Appeal, Takes Fight Against FTC Back to 11th Circuit
From Cause of Action, who are representing LabMD in their battle with the FTC: Today, Cause of Action (CoA) is filing an emergency appeal on behalf of LabMD, following a federal judge’s ruling that he lacked jurisdiction even while telling the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) “the public is served by guiding people beforehand rather than beating them…
Lawsuit alleges unauthorized publication of personal genetics data
Cyrus Farivar reports: On Tuesday, an Alaska man became the lead plaintiff in a proposed class-action lawsuit filed against the makers of Family Tree, a Texas-based DNA testing company. In his suit, Michael Cole alleges that months after purchasing a Family Tree at-home genetics kit and joining a “project,” an online forum for people doing related research about…
Privacy Rights Group Files Legal Challenge To GCHQ’s Extensive Hacking Activities
Tim Cushing reports: Indispensable organization Privacy International has filed a legal challenge against GCHQ’s hacking of computers and devices, seeking to use the UK government’s own Computer Misuse Act against its national security agency. Much like the (frequently maligned) CFAA (Computer Fraud and Abuse Act) here in the US, the CMA prohibits unauthorized access of computers as well as knowingly…
Retail industry to share data breach information
Tiffany Hsu reports: Retail heavyweights such as J.C. Penney, Gap, Nike and Walgreen are joining forces with the Retail Industry Leaders Assn. to try to protect the industry from hackers and other cybercriminals. On Wednesday the companies and the trade group launched an intelligence-sharing center designed to prevent the kind of data breach that struck…