The follow-up on a case of improper records protection/disposal originally uncovered in March, from the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Saskatchewan: Saskatchewan’s Information and Privacy Commissioner, Gary Dickson, has issued his Investigation Report H-2011-001 dealing with 180,169 pieces of patient personal health information (PHI) found in a recycling bin in Regina on…
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Russia Amends Federal Data Protection Law; Privacy Enforcement on the Rise
Boris Segalis writes: Last week, the upper house of Russia’s federal legislature approved amendments to the country’s federal data protection law. The amendments impose detailed information security requirements on businesses that process personal data and revise some of the statute’s data subject consent provisions.The amended law will come into force when it is published in the…
Yet Another Bank Sued By A Small Business For Fraudulent Hacker Transfers
Ericka Chickowski reports: A new court case brought to bear against Professional Business Bank by Village View Escrow Inc. continued the battle waged over who’s to blame for hacking attacks that leave small business accounts drained following online password theft. Filed in late June in the California Superior Court in Los Angeles, the case is…
(follow-up) University of York breached Data Protection Act – ICO
Back in March, the York University student paper Nouse revealed a breach involving the university’s web site: On a student enquiry screening function enabled on the website, and open to the general public, the private details of any registered student were made freely accessible. This included all their personal details such as mobile numbers, home…
This morning in Congress: markup of the Secure and Fortify Electronic (SAFE) Data Act
From Representative Mary Bono Mack: Responding to concerns over recent cyber attacks and other data breaches, Rep. Mary Bono Mack (CA-45) has introduced legislation to ensure American consumers are appropriately protected from data theft. H.R. 2577, the Secure and Fortify Electronic (SAFE) Data Act, requires reasonable security policies and procedures to protect personal information, and…
Editorial: Missing records case reveals vulnerabilities
From an editorial in the Winston-Salem Journal: The mysterious case of the missing medical records apparently has been solved, though we think it took Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center too long — six weeks — to disclose its findings. And since this most recent case is the second time in less than two years that medical records…