A laptop computer with personal and medical information on more than 3,000 Mankato Clinic patients was stolen nearly two months ago. […] The breach did not include the Mankato Clinic’s electronic health records. The laptop was in the car of a registered nurse and stolen sometime between Nov. 1 an Nov. 2. Clinic officials were…
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Judge issues permanent injunction against DA, Weld sheriff in Operation Number Games
Will this be the end to the long-running saga? Nate A. Miller reports: A Larimer District Court judge has put a formal end to efforts on the part of Weld District Attorney Ken Buck and Weld County Sheriff John Cooke to crack down on illegal immigration and identity theft using records from a Greeley tax…
ICO statement on alleged data breach involving Santander
An ICO spokesperson said: “We have recently been informed of a data breach involving Santander. We will be making enquiries into the circumstances of the apparent breach of the Data Protection Act before deciding what action, if any, needs to be taken. “Under the Data Protection Act, organisations that process personal information have an obligation…
(follow-up) Jp: MPD to admit origin of leaked files
The Metropolitan Police Department is set to formally admit that sensitive documents leaked to the Internet most likely originated from the MPD’s Public Security Bureau, sources said. The documents, thought to have been made available to the public on Oct. 28 and 29 via the file-sharing software Winny, include personal details of police informants and…
New study shows ID theft exaggerated
Jeff Blyskal writes: If you worry that your identity is at risk of being stolen, a new study by the U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics should set your mind at ease. It confirms that the identity-theft “crisis” has been wildly overblown, as we’ve previously reported. For example, credit- and debit-card fraud accounts…
Can Suspicious Activity Reports Trigger Health Data Gathering?
Over on Concurring Opinions, Frank Pasquale responds to an investigative piece in the Washington Post: In an article entitled “Monitoring America,” Dana Priest and William Arkin describe an extraordinary pattern of governmental surveillance. To be sure, in the wake of the attacks of 9/11, there are important reasons to increase the government’s ability to understand threats…