The Health Privacy Project at the Center for Democracy & Technology today released a major paper advocating the need for stronger standards for “de-identified” personal health information when used for medical research, to promote public health, or other specialized purposes. Stronger standards are needed to ensure that “de-identified†data cannot be re-identified in order to…
Author: Dissent
UK: One in 5 Fraud Victims Unreimbursed
In the UK: Some one in four people surveyed by the consumer group [Which?] said they had been a victim of financial fraud – and while most had managed to reclaim the lost money from their bank or credit card provider, 20 per cent of victims said they had been left out of pocket. If…
Former Mitsubishi UFJ Manager Arrested
Tokyo police Thursday arrested a former manager at a brokerage who was fired for stealing personal data on nearly 1.5 million customers and selling some of the information to mailing list companies. Hideaki Kubo, 44, a former acting manager at Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Co.’s systems department, has admitted to the allegations of theft and illegal…
Commission for Teacher Preparation Computer Stolen
From Tulsa World: The Commission for Teacher Preparation is notifying individuals that one of its computer servers containing client Social Security numbers had been stolen but was recovered. The server contained the names of teacher candidates who tested for licensure and certification from 1999 through 2007, said Ted Gillispie, commission executive director. The server had…
VA: Personal Documents Exposed
Residents of a Norfolk housing project expressed shock and outrage that documents containing their Social Security numbers and salary information were found lying in a field. The documents were from the Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority, and a city spokesman says they were disposed of improperly. […] Hundreds of pages were found over the weekend,…
FL Dept of Revenue Flash Drive Stolen
From the well-what-did-you-expect dept: The Gainesville Sun reports that the unencrypted names, addresses and Social Security numbers of 2,828 people employed by six state businesses being audited were on a flash drive stolen from the unlocked car of a Florida Department of Revenue employee in Marietta, Georgia on April 9. The revenue department sent letters…