Wendy Davis reports: A federal appeals court has agreed to decide whether the Federal Trade Commission can bring charges against companies based on their alleged failure to protect consumers’ data. The court’s move comes in response to a petition filed by Wyndham Hotels, which is fighting an FTC lawsuit alleging that the hotel chain didn’t…
Month: July 2014
OPSM parent company loses $33.5 million contract for sending ADF medical records overseas
Malcolm McBratney, John Kettle and Alex Hutchens of McCullough Robertson write: The parent company of OPSM, Luxottica Retail Australia has lost a $33.5 million contract with the Australian Defence Force (ADF) by sending ADF medical records overseas. Luxottica was awarded the contract by the ADF in 2012 under which it provided optical services to all…
Customers concerned after CVS mailing error exposed their prescriptions
WSB-TV in Atlanta reports: Channel 2 started asking questions after a major pharmacy chain sent prescription information for hundreds of customers to the wrong addresses. Now they are concerned for their privacy. According to a statement Channel 2’s Amy Napier Viteri got from CVS Caremark, the mistake affected around 350 customers. One woman in Georgia…
Tax Return Preparer Pleads Guilty In Identity Theft Tax Refund Scheme Involving Miami-Dade County Public School Students’ Identity Info
Donald Claude, 34, of Miramar, pled guilty yesterday to one count of wire fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1343, and one count of aggravated identity theft, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1028A(a)(1). Sentencing is scheduled for October 24, 2014. At sentencing, Claude faces up to 20 years…
Where there's a breach, Wednesday edition
Courthouse News reports that a potential class action lawsuit has been filed against Banner Health over its mailing error breach that exposed over 50,000 people’s Medicare/Social Security numbers in the mailing labels on their newsletter.
Woman sentenced in federal identity theft case stole more than 700 identities
Tia Lashonda Miller, whose arrest was noted here in February of this year, has been sentenced to 70 months imprisonment, to be followed by 2 years of supervised release. Miller previously pled guilty to one count of unlawful possession of more than fifteen access devices, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1029(a)(3),…