Nick Bilton recaps the breach and posts the e-mail sent by AT&T to customers about the breach: On Sunday evening, AT&T sent an e-mail message to owners of the Apple 3G iPad notifying them of a security breach that was publicized early last week. The message, sent by Dorothy Attwood, a senior vice president and…
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OH: Disclosure law doesn’t cover misplaced documents
Josh Sweigart reports: If a government misplaces a pile of documents containing confidential information in a Dumpster, they don’t have to tell anyone. If they lose a password protected laptop computer, state law requires public disclosure within 45 days. That is why Butler County wasn’t required to tell the 10,600 people potentially affected by a…
Prosecuting ID Theft Cases in Idaho
This press release from the Idaho U.S. Attorney’s Office: In the first six months of 2010, the United States Attorney’s Office, United States Secret Service and the United States Department of State, Diplomatic Security Service, have teamed up with the Boise Police Department and other local law enforcement agencies to investigate and prosecute identity theft…
Florida governor vetos bill requiring ultrasounds before abortions
Hillary Stemple reports: Florida Governor Charlie Crist on Friday vetoed [veto letter text,PDF] a bill [HB 1143 materials] that would have required women seeking an abortion to undergo an ultrasound or listen to a detailed description of the fetus before the procedure would be performed. Read more on JURIST.
J.P. Morgan Chase employee pleads guilty to selling customer profiles
Dennis C. Pfannenschmidt, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, announced that a Monroe County woman pleaded guilty before Senior U.S. District Court Judge William J. Nealon to participating in a scheme with others to access and unlawfully obtain more than $60,000 from accounts in a New Jersey bank. Pfannenschmidt stated that Christine…
Five California Hospitals Fined Over Unauthorized Access to Patient Records
Thanks to a reader who sent me the link, here is a more complete listing of the $675,000 in fines recently imposed by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) on hospitals over privacy breaches involving unauthorized access to patient files by employees: 1. Community Hospital of San Bernardino, San Bernardino, San Bernardino County: The hospital…