Ontario’s Information and Privacy Commissioner, Dr. Ann Cavoukian, released a joint publication in collaboration with Robert Johnson, Executive Director of the National Association for Information Destruction (NAID). The educational paper entitled, Get Rid of it Securely to Keep it Private: Best Practices for the Secure Destruction of Personal Health Information, is premiered at NAID’s 2009…
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Garden Grove man gets 11 years prison for ID theft
Deepa Bharath reports: A 28-year-old Garden Grove man has been sentenced to 11 years in federal prison for orchestrating two identity theft schemes in which he got personal information from hundreds of consumers and used it to fraudulently obtain about $1.5 million from home equity lines of credit and credit card accounts, federal officials said…
Palmetto General Hospital employee and accomplice sentenced for stealing patient records
Jacquettia L. Brown, 29, and Tear Renee Barbary, 25, both residents of Miami-Dade County, were both sentenced this week following their conviction on offenses relating to the theft of patient records from Palmetto General Hospital to further a fraud scheme. U.S. District Court Judge K. Michael Moore sentenced Brown to two years and five days…
Database bug at Woot leaves reader wary of ordering
Laura Northrup writes: Robear wanted to order from shirt.woot, but something strange happened when he went to register. After choosing a username and entering his e-mail address, he noticed that all of the forms were pre-populated with another customer’s information…including that user’s credit card information. He contacted Woot to try to find out what could…
FTC extends enforcement deadline for Red Flags rule to 2010
From the why-am-I-not-surprised dept: At the request of Members of Congress, the Federal Trade Commission is delaying enforcement of the “Red Flags” Rule until June 1, 2010, for financial institutions and creditors subject to enforcement by the FTC. The Rule was promulgated under the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act, in which Congress directed the…
In Misstep, Schools Vaccinate 2 Without Parental Consent (UPDATED)
Anahad O’Connor reports: In a minor setback for New York City’s effort to vaccinate schoolchildren against swine flu, two students were inadvertently vaccinated without the consent of their parents, city health officials said Thursday. The children suffered no adverse effects from the vaccinations and were expected to be fine, but the misstep raised questions about…