From the ACLU: The Ohio Supreme Court today moved to protect the privacy of minors’ medical records when the minor is not a party in a lawsuit. The case involves a lawsuit against an Ohio Planned Parenthood and attempts by a teenager’s parents to obtain the medical records not only of their own daughter…
Author: Dissent
Bike Nashbar Hacked
This site was contacted last week by a customer who had experienced the same problem as reported by other customers of Bike Nashbar (complaints here). Now the Citizen-Times is reporting that discount retailer Bike Nashbar (www.nashbar.com) is calling customers to warn them that their credit card information may have been stolen: A Citizen-Times editor received…
PRI Settles with Vermont AG
Payment Resources International, L.L.C. (PRI), a Newport Beach, California, company, will refund more than $18,000 to over 90 Vermont consumers and pay the State $30,000 to settle claims that it processed electronic debits (charges) from Vermonters’ bank accounts on behalf of telemarketers whose scripts were fraudulent or otherwise unlawful. Commenting on the settlement, one of…
Heartland Breach Affects OPFCU
And the impact of the Heartland Payment Systems breach continues: Having police officers around didn’t prevent this credit union from having to deal with a data breach. The Omaha Police Federal Credit Union is replacing 1,167 of its customers’ debit cards after being notified that the card numbers were among those involved in the data…
Class Action Suit: Stimulus Act and health privacy
Over in the UK, there are are similar issues about allowing people to opt-out of an electronic system. I’m almost surprised that this is the first lawsuit I’ve seen here. The Stimulus Act signed into law by President Obama jeopardizes the privacy rights of the 65 percent of Americans who aren’t on Medicaid or Medicare…
Dumpster Diving California Banks
There’s a news story on CBS13 out of Sacramento that suggests that at least some banks are still not adequately disposing of paper with personal information. The news team reports that Jonah Nelson has allegedly admitted to stealing the identities of more than 500 people by dumpster diving local banks and businesses. According to the…