Azenith Smith reports: A Monterey pot shop says the city illegally raided its clients’ private medical files. Now they’re looking to file a lawsuit. “He opens up a HIPPA (sic) labeled file,” says Jhonrico Carrnshimba, a MyCaregiver director. “He sees a number of files in it at this point they should close the file. They…
Author: Dissent
Alabama police officer indicted for ID theft
Bradley Howard Pemberton, 41, a sergeant with the Montgomery Police Department (“MPD”), was indicted recently on federal wire fraud and identity theft charges, according to an announcement by Leura G. Canary, United States Attorney. The indictment alleges that through his position with MPD, Pemberton was authorized to access the Law Enforcement Tactical System (“LETS”), which…
UK: Computer with details of hundreds of children stolen in youth club burglary
A computer containing the names, ages, addresses and medical conditions of hundreds of children has been stolen in a raid on a youth club.Details of up to 700 youths are stored on the computer belonging to Sparks Project in Courtway Road, Orchard Park, north Hull. Tony Fee, who launched the youth project in 2006, has…
UK: Computer with details of hundreds of children stolen in youth club burglary
?A computer containing the names, ages, addresses and medical conditions of hundreds of children has been stolen in a raid on a youth club.Details of up to 700 youths are stored on the computer belonging to Sparks Project in Courtway Road, Orchard Park, north Hull. Tony Fee, who launched the youth project in 2006, has…
A Novel Data Security Law Proposed in Colorado
David Navetta discusses a proposed law in Colorado, HB 11-1225: Regulation is achieved via the “carrot” or the “stick” (and sometimes both). This is true in the information security context as well. For example, to incentivize encryption of personal information, breach notice laws use a stick: those that fail to encrypt may have to provide…
AL: Pair busted with bag of credit cards
David Goodwin reports on the arrest of two low-tech ID thieves in Alabama: Rogers said he worked with Montgomery police to execute a search of Cudjoe’s home, where they found a potato chip bag containing 12 credit cards, none in their name, he said. He also found lists of the names, dates of birth and…