A follow-up to a breach reported back in August. Bill Lodge reports that Alton K. Davis has been sentenced to seven years in prison for stealing the identities of at least 30 current or retired Baton Rouge police officers. Davis said he did not know the name of the man from whom he purchased the…
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Pennsylvania news organizations seek to unseal abortion case
Torsten Ove reports: The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and several other Pennsylvania newspapers filed a petition today to open a sealed state Supreme Court case that could potentially alter part of the state’s abortion law. The case involves a 17-year-old who requested permission from an Allegheny County judge to have an abortion and was denied. Such “bypass…
UK: Council sent benefit details to wrong recipients
The Isle of Anglesey County Council breached the Data Protection Act after sending benefit details to the wrong recipients, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said today. The ICO was first made aware of the breach in November 2010 when the council reported that a contractor had mistakenly sent letters to the wrong individuals. The letters…
AU: Crackdown on telco privacy after Vodafone bungle
Ben Grubb reports: Vodafone’s recent breach of privacy laws has triggered a check on all other telcos by the communications regulator, which is concerned poor practices are more widespread. One telco source said that Vodafone’s recent privacy woes had attracted significant scrutiny from the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), and the industry was being…
FINRA Imposes Fines Totaling $600,000 Against Lincoln Financial Securities and Lincoln Financial Advisors for Failure to Protect Confidential Customer Information
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that it has imposed fines of $450,000 against Lincoln Financial Securities, Inc. (LFS) and $150,000 against an affiliated firm, Lincoln Financial Advisors Corporation (LFA), for failure to adequately protect non-public customer information. In addition, LFS failed to require brokers working remotely to install security application software on…
(follow-up) FL: 5th suspect held in ID-theft ring targeting Holy Cross patients
Juan Ortega reports: Federal authorities have arrested the last of five suspects in an identity-theft ring that targeted patients at Holy Cross Hospital. Jimmy Lee Theodore, 27, of Pembroke Pines, was taken into custody Tuesday, charged with using patients’ stolen identities to obtain debit cards, authorities said. […] As a precaution, Holy Cross sent letters to…