BBC reports: The personal data of thousands of ambulance service staff has been accidentally published online, it has been revealed. The data breach by South Central Ambulance Service (SCAS) included publishing the age, sexuality and religion of almost 3,000 staff members. The information has been revealed by a BBC Radio Berkshire Freedom of Information request…
Month: June 2014
File Sharing by Lawyers Largely Insecure, Survey Suggests
Robert Ambrogi writes: If I were to leave a document on a table entitled, “My Deepest, Darkest Secrets,” under which I wrote, “Please do not read this unless you are someone I intended to read this,” how securely would you think I’d protected myself? That, effectively, is all the majority of lawyers do to protect…
Eagerly awaited testimony in FTC v. LabMD shed no new light on FTC's data security standards
A number of people were hopeful that the FTC would disclose more information about its data security standards in testimony to be provided by Daniel Kaufman, Deputy Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, in FTC v. LabMD. If you were expecting new insights, however, you will likely be disappointed. Rather than having Kaufman…