Evan Schuman writes: With TJX having suffered well more than $47 million in out-of-pocket expenses from its infamous data breach (announced in 2006 but beginning as early as 2003), the $20 billion retailer is preparing to write still more checks. It has now set aside another $23.5 million for additional anticipated breach costs, according to…
Author: Dissent
Police data on copiers causes city to scramble
Brian Meyer and Jay Rey report that the city of Buffalo is scrambling in the aftermath of a CBS report that confidential data was found on copier hard drives that were up for sale at a warehouse: Stored on one of the hard drives were details involving domestic-violence complaints along with a list of wanted…
(follow-up) Ex-university police officer gets probation in UCM identity theft case
As a follow-up to a case previously reported here, James B. Drake, the former University of Central Missouri police officer who pleaded guilty in January to stealing student identification information and conspiracy to commit identity theft, was sentenced by a federal judge in Kansas City to five years of probation. His wife is scheduled to…
Fear of identity theft after break-in at college
John Walshe reports: Birth certificates and other personal details including bank drafts and cheques from around 20 teacher training applicants have been stolen from a college. The break-in at St Patrick’s College of Education in Drumcondra, Dublin has raised fears among some applicants and their parents about the dangers of identity theft. President of the…
(update) BAMC reveals possible theft of information on 1,272 patients
Sig Christenson fills in some details on a breach that occurred last year and was first revealed on HHS‘s web site in February: Brooke Army Medical Center late Tuesday revealed that the personal health records of 1,272 patients may have been compromised because of a car break-in. The hospital reported that a three-ring Army binder…
Prisoners Retain Right to Refuse Medical Treatment
Eugene Volokh alerts us to a decision in a case in which the Maryland Commissioner of Corrections went to court to compel a prisoner to accept treatment for end stage renal disease over the prisoner’s objections and refusal. From the decision: This case presents the question of whether the Commissioner presented sufficient evidence to override…