On July 14, 2009, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling in Zbaraz v. Madigan, lifting the injunction of the 1995 Illinois Parental Notice of Abortion Act. Public discourse about parental involvement laws for minors seeking abortions has been quiet in recent years. Many believe that such statutes are common place and the…
Author: Dissent
Anger over Internet job blunder
A couple have spoken of their anger after confidential job application details were published on Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council’s website by mistake. […] The list has been taken down and measures put in place to stop the mistake from happening again. Mr Curtis added: “We have worked with, and taken advice from, the Information…
Deutsche Bank may face prosecutor’s probe
Prosecutors are examining whether to launch a criminal investigation of possible breaches of data security at Deutsche Bank AG (DBKGn.DE), the Frankfurt prosecutor’s office said on Monday. Separately, Deutsche Bank also said it had been informed by the Darmstadt regional council that data security rules were breached in two instances. The Darmstadt authorities had asked…
Sac City Bank employee pleads guilty
Following up on a case mentioned on this site in June: United States Attorney Matt M. Dummermuth announced today that a woman who defrauded victims out of at least $4 million pled guilty today in federal court in Sioux City. CHARLENE MARIE PICKHINKE, 48, from Sac City, Iowa, was convicted of one count each of…
He’s not after your heart, just your data
Linda McGlasson, Managing Editor at BankInfoSecurity.com, wrote this piece on the LexisNexis breach first reported by Robert McMillan of IDG News Service. It is reproduced from Information-Security-Resources.com: Lexis-Nexis made public notification of a data breach that federal authorities say is tied to a New York mafia crime family. The New York-based company has sent more…
Bits ‘n Pieces
In the justice system: Swedish police are increasingly certain that two Romanian nationals arrested in Hungary are the masterminds behind the widespread credit card scam which recently hit residents in Malmö in southern Sweden. Hundreds of residents in Malmö have complained of credit card fraud; half of them after using an unnamed Shell gas station….