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Author: Dissent

TJX settles banks’ lawsuit

Posted on September 2, 2009 by Dissent

The Associated Press reports that TJX has settled TJX said it has paid $525,000 to settle claims by some banks about costs they incurred as a result of the retailer’s massive data breach. Other banks — AmeriFirst Bank, HarborOne Credit Union, SELCO Community Credit Union and Trustco bank – have dropped their respective claims against…

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Navy laptop with personal info missing

Posted on September 2, 2009 by Dissent

Liz Nelson reports: Naval Hospital Pensacola will be notifying thousands of beneficiaries who use its pharmacy services, following the disappearance of a laptop computer August 18 which contains personally identifiable information. The computer’s database contains a registry of 38,000 pharmacy service customers’ names, Social Security numbers and dates of birth on all patients that used…

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5 men named in racket that netted $4m in stolen card data

Posted on September 2, 2009 by Dissent

The Register has more on a case reportedly here previously. It turns out that the “news” actually relates to a case that was originally filed in 2007. For the detailed version, read the prosecutor’s press release. Prosecutors in Manhattan have named five additional men from Eastern Europe in an alleged scheme that pilfered $4m using…

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Privacy Commissioner Cavoukian and seven health organizations team up to eliminate confusion over key element of health privacy law

Posted on September 2, 2009 by Dissent

Ontario’s Information and Privacy Commissioner, Dr. Ann Cavoukian, today released a new publication that includes specific practical examples to help clarify any confusion over when health information custodians can assume a patient’s implied consent to collect, use or disclose personal health information. The brochure, Circle of Care: Sharing Personal Health Information for Health-Care Purposes, was…

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Bits ‘n Pieces

Posted on September 1, 2009 by Dissent

In the justice system: Terrence Chalk, CEO of Compulinx Managed Services, pleaded guilty to stealing the identities of his employees and faces up to seven years in prison. More. Fontana police arrested three people in what they called one of the biggest counterfeit credit card and identity theft rings they’ve ever encountered involving hundreds of…

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Dumped private docs do not appear to have been used for ID theft

Posted on September 1, 2009 by Dissent

The San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office said today that the personal financial information of hundreds of people in the Bay Area found discarded in a Dumpster this month does not appear to have been used for identity theft. […] Among the mortgage, lending and title companies listed on the paper work are Alliance Title; American…

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