Kathianne Boniello reports that a parent and her child are suing the New York City Department of Education after the child’s high school dumped hundreds of unshredded confidential student records onto the street last year. The incident was covered on this site here. The School for the Physical City filled a Dumpster with 15 cardboard…
Author: Dissent
Article: Contracts for Clouds: Comparison and Analysis of the Terms and Conditions of Cloud Computing Services
I posted this to PogoWasRight.org last week but probably should have posted it here, too: Simon Bradshaw of University of London – Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Christopher Millard of the Centre for Commercial Law Studies; Oxford Internet Institute, and Ian Walden of Queen Mary University of London, School of Law have a working paper…
‘Sensitive information’ on Tamil migrants stolen (update 2)
The Canadian Press is reporting what appears to be a burglary that specifically targeted a computer containing Tamil migrants’ personal information at the Toronto office of the Canadian Tamil Congress: The congress says it contained the names and information of hundreds of migrants. A spokesman for the congress, David Poopalapillai, says it was a “deliberately…
Public Discussion on Confidentiality and Privacy Issues Related to Psychological Testing Data
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), in close cooperation with the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR), is conducting a study of the “Confidentiality and Privacy Issues Related to Psychological Testing Data.” This study was specifically called for in section 13424 of the Health Information Technology…
Redacting Social Security Numbers from Public Records
Frank Mand reports on Plymouth County’s efforts to redact Social Security Numbers from publicly available records starting with “Book 1989,” the first book of records in which SSN began to appear in real estate records. The Registry is now up to Book 38,792 and – referencing documents in terms of their digital images – there…
NY: Westchester Police Arrest Bronx Man For Credit Card Fraud
Westchester County Police along with the U.S. Secret Service have arrested a Bronx man and charged him with stealing credit card information and then using it to buy more than $100,000 worth of consumer electronics. Officials say 31 year old James Davis of Decatur Avenue used a skimming device to steal credit card information while…