Although it seems to have flown under the mainstream media radar, Wells Fargo reported at least two breaches involving insider wrongdoing in a six-month period. On November 12, 2009, its subsidiary, Wells Fargo Advisors (WFA) advised the New York State Consumer Protection Board that when a stock broker for Wachovia Security left the firm in…
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Firms not required to inform victims of privacy breach under new rules
Sarah Schmidt reports: Companies can decide whether to tell their customers when they lose their personal information or hackers steal it, according to legislation tabled Tuesday by the Conservative government. The proposed amendments to Canada’s private sector privacy law will require banks, retailers and other companies to inform Canada’s privacy watchdog if they’ve experienced a…
UK: Babies' DNA in secret vaults
Victoria Fletcher reports: Blood samples from millions of newborn babies are being stored without their parents’ knowledge, it emerged yesterday. The massive DNA files can be consulted by a range of organisations including the police, coroners and medical researchers, without having to ask the children’s families. In a sinister example of Britain’s slide into a…
Ie: HSE seeking legal advice on file disclosure
The Health Service Executive has said it is seeking legal advice on how to disclose files in relation to children in its care without breaching data protection laws. It comes as the Independent Review Group set up by the Minister for Children said it has not received a single file almost two months after being…
‘Sacramaniac’ Sentenced For ID Theft
Low-tech and low-class: he even stole from his grandmother. A member of the “Sacramaniacs” street gang has been sentenced to time in state prison for identity theft, the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office said Monday. Prosecutors said James Daniel Moos unlawfully had information from dozens of people, and that most of the items were taken…
Woman accused of breaking law for bigger breasts
John Burstein reports: A Florida woman wanted bigger breasts and thinner arms so badly authorities say she was willing to break the law to get them. Shatarka Nuby, 29, of Tamarac, faces a credit card fraud charge after the U.S. Postal Service says she and an accomplice committed fraud so she could have more than…