From the Mail Foreign Service: The head of an Indian outsourcing company has been arrested for selling confidential medical records of patients treated at one of Britain’s top private hospitals. Police arrested Vikas Dhairyashil Bansode on Tuesday after an undercover investigation revealed the records were being sold for as little as £4 each. Hundreds of…
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MD: Possible identity theft reported at Mercy
Brent Jones reports: Baltimore police are investigating a security breach at Mercy Medical Center that left an undisclosed number of patient records open to possible identity theft, according to the Maryland attorney general’s office. The hospital’s vice president for corporate compliance sent a letter to the affected former patients on Monday, saying that a former…
UK: Burglary and theft account for a third of data security breaches
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office has issued a press release: New figures from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) reveal that burglaries and theft are the single biggest security risks for organisations processing people’s personal details. 711 organisations across the public, private and third sectors have reported security breaches to the ICO since 25 million child…
NSW unveils new ID theft laws
Karen Dearne reports: The NSW government plans to create three new identity offences – trafficking in identity data, possession with intent to commit a crime, and possession of equipment for the purpose of identity theft – in an overhaul of the state’s Crimes Act. The new laws will apply to offences committed offline and online….
Cops: Social Security numbers stolen from Woodbury company
Joseph Mallia reports: A former employee broke into a Woodbury financial services company, photocopied customers’ Social Security numbers and bank reference numbers and took the photocopied data with him when he left, Nassau police said Tuesday. Christopher Pemberton, 31, was arrested Monday and charged with burglary. He had worked at Obsidian for six days in…
Resource: Comparing breach notification laws
“International Security Breach Notification Survey” is a new resource prepared by Foley & Larnder LLP and Eversheds LLP, November 2009. The report summarizes and compares the laws in various countries in tabular format, with comparisons based on: Notice Requirements (to who – (i)individual and (ii)regulator?), Timing of Disclosure (does it have to be done in…