Tuesday the Supreme Court heard oral argument in a corporate speech case, Sorrell v. IMS Health, Inc. Adam Chandler of SCOTUSblog provides a recap: …. almost all journalists covering Sorrell agreed that the Court was skeptical of Vermont’s restriction on pharmaceutical marketers’ use of drug prescription records. “So heavy was the [Court’s] defense of corporate expression,” writes SCOTUSblog’s…
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GA: Thousands of personal documents found in Snellville trash
Gracie Bonds Staples reports: Snellville police on Saturday were investigating how thousands of documents containing people’s personal information ended up in a dumpster behind a local strip mall. […] Although police said they didn’t have a lot of information about the documents, the reporter said the paperwork contained credit card information, including three-digit security codes…
Citibank alerts clients of credit card misuse
Citibank has been warning its customers about possible misuse of credit cards owned by some of its customers. The bank said it has been alerting some of its customers following information from credit card companies about fraudulent access. V Arya one of the cardholders told Emirates24|7 that his card had been deactivated by the bank…
Woman who stole customer account info to fund son’s death row appeal sentenced to prison
Back in October, I noted a somewhat unusual case of a credit union employee who misused customers’ information to take out loans to fund her son’s death row appeal. Yesterday, 47-year-old Nazreen Mohammed was sentenced in Orlando to five years in federal prison and three years of probation for bank fraud and identity theft. She…
Seattle Police Say ‘wardrivers’ Are Hitting Small Businesses
Robert McMillan reports: Seattle police are investigating a group of criminals who they say have been cruising around town in a black Mercedes stealing credit card data by tapping into wireless networks belonging to area businesses. The group has been at it for about five years, according to an affidavit signed by Detective Chris Hansen,…
Coming up Tuesday: SCOTUS hears data-mining case Sorrell v. IMS
Lyle Denniston writes: The Supreme Court holds one hour of oral argument on Tuesday on the scope of constitutional protection for the modern phenomenon of “data-mining,” the creation of usable information out of masses of stored computer entries. The case is Sorrell, et al., v. IMS Health, et al. (10-779). Arguing for the state of…