Terry Baynes reports: The hacking of a Sony Corp customer database this spring has attracted class-action lawyers and consumers eager to cash in on the high-profile privacy breach. At least 40 lawsuits have been filed–including at least two this week–on behalf of millions of Sony PlayStation users in federal courts, according to Westlaw data. […]…
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NC: Wake Forest Baptist medical records found in rental home owned by employee
Richard Craver reports: Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center said Wednesday that it has fired an employee who had boxes of medical records and documents in a home she owns. Wake Forest Baptist, in a statement, did not identify the employee. According to Forsyth County tax records, the home is owned by Linda-Carolyn Bowden Turner, who could not be…
OK: Private documents stolen during Sooner Tea Party burglary
Chellie Mills reports: A burgler (sic) hit The Sooner Tea Party over the weekend. Documents that are typically not public information were stolen. The owner of the building where they were stored believes someone broke in specifically for those files. […] Mixed among the tools are tea party flyers, petitions and files full of donor…
Ie: Data Protection Commissioner’s 2010 report released
[repost] There was a 350% increase in data security breaches last year, according to the Office of Data Protection. Up to 410 instances were reported to the Office of Data Protection Commissioner in 2010, up from 119 in 2009. The Office’s annual report said this is because of a revised Code of Practice rather than…
Ca: Mountie docked pay for snooping in database [repost]
[repost] Gary Dimmock reports: A disgraced Mountie has been docked eight days pay after an internal investigation revealed the constable had made numerous unauthorized checks on the force’s national crime data bank and shared some of the information with his wife, an associate and former business partner of a Hells Angel. Const. Todd Glasman became…
UK: Police officers disciplined over private snooping [repost]
[repost] More than 50 police officers in the West Midlands have been disciplined for using police computer systems to check up on people for personal reasons. Some officers have been sacked, fined, or handed written warnings, and others have been reduced in rank after being caught obtaining information for private use between 2005 and 2010,…