Note that this story is about a restaurant in Huntsville, Alabama and is not about Margarita’s Mexican Restaurant in Huntsville, Texas. Margo Gray reports: Several people have had their credit card information stolen, and it may be connected to an investigation into a Huntsville restaurant. At least three more cases have been filed with Huntsville…
Author: Dissent
Few e-retailers are prepared to notify consumers of a loss of card data
Don Davis writes: Only 21% of online retailers are prepared to notify consumers in the event of a data breach that exposes cardholder data, according to a new survey sponsored by insurance agency Jacobson, Goldfarb & Scott Inc. 61% of the 300 e-retailers surveyed said they were not prepared to notify consumers and 18% were…
TX: Former CPS worker sentenced in ID theft case
A follow-up to a breach previously noted on this blog: A former employee with Children’s Protective Services has been sentenced to prison for her part in an identity theft scheme. Andrea Daniels, 45, was convicted of the charges of fraudulent use and possession of identifiable information. Prosecutors say from November 2009 through April 2010, Daniels…
Mass. Appeals Court Allows Suit by Man Who Volunteered DNA Sample, Wants Genetic Profile Destroyed
Debra Cassens Weiss reports: A Massachusetts man who voluntarily provided DNA in 2002 to police investigating a murder may pursue a privacy invasion suit seeking return of his genetic profile, a state appeals court has ruled. Keith Amato claims in his class action suit that police promised the sample and data would not be retained…
TN: Health care providers accused of stealing patients’ credit cards
Tom Smith reports: Two home health care providers who worked for different senior care businesses are accused of taking credit cards from their patients. Police arrested one of the women, Anna Marie Brooks, 24, 1301 Hermitage Drive, Florence, on Thursday morning. Warrants have been issued for Haley Jean Overton, 24, Sheffield. Read more on TimesDaily.com
Computer breach exposes personal records of Living Healthy Community Clinic patients
The names and other confidential information of about 3,000 clients of the Living Healthy Clinic were exposed as a result of a computer security breach In July. The clinic, operated by the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh College of Nursing provides health services for uninsured Winnebago County residents. The university on Friday said an investigation determined that…