Another delayed effect of the Heartland breach…. More than two thousand debit card customers of First National Bank of Howell have had their accounts closed down after learning of a security breach. Bank officials tell WHMI that after learning of an information breach at Heartland Payment Systems, a national credit and debit card processing company,…
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Personal info of hundreds dumped as trash in Parker
When residents of a Parker [Colorado] apartment complex first called FOX 31, they were concerned about three boxes of files in a dumpster there that appeared to contain sensitive, personal information. We checked and found out that it was worse than anyone thought. The files were real estate documents that contained credit checks, bank account…
Health record haste sparks privacy fears
The economic stimulus law is creating privacy risks as it forces fast development of electronic health records, according to at least one privacy advocate. The Privacy and Security Workgroup of the Health and Human Services Department’s Health Information Technology Standards Committee presented its recommendations to the committee on July 21. It included a framework of…
Panel wants privacy protection for electronic medical records
A federal advisory panel on patient privacy wants encryption, strong access controls and audits to protecting patients’ medical records under the program advanced by the economic stimulus law, according to the co-chair of the group. “The data will be encrypted and not set for easy access,†Steven Findlay, co-chair of the Health Information Technology Standards…
Too much personal data released
Personal information of almost 900 people was given to a public-housing resident [in Virginia] who requested a list of those who had been banned from Hampton Redevelopment and Housing Authority property. Hampton police and the housing authority maintain a list of people who have been banned by police from Section 8 and public-housing property in…
Big credit card breach in Japan
Alico Japan said Thursday that credit card data on possibly tens of thousands of its insurance policyholders had apparently leaked, resulting in massive fraudulent transactions. It said that up to 110,000 policyholders could be affected. Names of policyholders, their credit card numbers and the expiry dates of the cards were used to make fraudulent purchases…