Over the weekend, client records from a defunct Wichita mortgage-brokerage firm wound up in the Dumpster outside the Holiday Inn at Kellogg and Rock Road. The owner of the mortgage business said it was an accident and apologized, vowing to make sure the records are properly shredded. […] The records found at the Holiday Inn…
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Mozilla shuts Firefox e-store after security breach
Mozilla shuttered its online store late Tuesday after finding out that the firm it hired to run the backend operations of the company’s e-tailing business had suffered a security breach. It was unclear whether the vendor, St. Louis-based GatewayCDI, which bills itself as a “promotional products distributor and incentive company,” notified Mozilla or whether the…
RI police, hospital clash over question of privacy
Local police are livid at Rhode Island Hospital because they say officials there hindered a homicide investigation over the weekend by refusing to provide details of a man’s injuries, citing privacy laws. […] In a statement released Tuesday, the hospital said it was merely following the state’s medical privacy law, which is stricter than the…
Deutsche Bahn spied on employee health records too
German rail operator Deutsche Bahn, still reeling from a spy scandal earlier this year, admitted on Tuesday it had secretly and illegally monitored the health records of some of its employees. “The Deutsche Bahn management has received indications that the group’s security division collected employees’ illness-related information and circulated it within the group,” the firm…
Bits ‘n Pieces
In the justice system: Gordon County authorities have arrested Sharon Kay Hoisington and charged her with two counts of receiving stolen property, and 12 counts of identity fraud. She is also the subject of investigations by the Calhoun Police, Murray County, Whitfield County, Bartow County Sheriff’s Offices, and the Dalton and Cartersville Police Departments. More….
Army National Guard laptop stolen
Members of the Army National Guard who could be affected by the theft of a laptop containing their personal data, will be notified through an official letter, National Guard officials said today. “I immediately requested a list of any Wisconsin soldiers that may be affected,” said Brig. Gen. Don Dunbar, Adjutant General of Wisconsin and…