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JPN Considers Crackdown on Data Protection

Posted on July 2, 2009 by Dissent

A number of control failures at Japanese financial services firms, which occurred even after warnings were issued by the country’s regulators, has prompted Japan’s finance minister to suggest tougher enforcement penalties be introduced. In a recent speech, finance minister Kaoru Yosano said financial regulators might have to introduce tougher penalties for financial institutions that fail…

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Stolen Malaysian CC Found in AU Raids

Posted on July 2, 2009 by Dissent

An elaborate fraud syndicate allegedly masterminded by a Sydney man has been brought down, after millions of dollars were spent using more than 1,200 fake credit cards, the Australian Associated Press reported. Personal information was stolen from card holders in Australia, Malaysia, Spain, and Britain, then allegedly used by the syndicate to manufacture fake credit…

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Don’t Call it “Hacking”

Posted on July 2, 2009 by Dissent

The UT student accused of accessing former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s e-mail was in court Tuesday, arguing for the charges against him to be dismissed. The judge will decide most of the issues discussed in court Tuesday at a later time. But both sides agreed to not use the word “hacking” at trial. Instead,…

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Redford USD Mail Error Exposes SSNs

Posted on July 2, 2009 by Dissent

Employees in the Redford Union School District noticed a problem Tuesday with a mailing they received telling them about a new dental coverage plan. The envelopes that contained the information had the employees’ social security numbers listed on the address labels, where the zip codes should have been…. The district said the dental coverage carrier,…

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NZ: Insurers risking breaking privacy law, says privacy commissioner

Posted on July 2, 2009 by Dissent

Amiri Halberg reports: A report by the privacy commissioner released today says that insurers, by asking full patient notes, have been risking breaking privacy law. Investigations held by Marie Shroff have discovered that insurers have been crossing limits in requesting full medical notes going back a number of years, when insuring people or paying out…

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UK: Amending the law on the DNA database needs proper scrutiny

Posted on July 2, 2009 by Dissent

From a commentary by David Pannick, QC: Last December the European Court of Human Rights decided in S and Marper v The United Kingdom that the retention by the State of DNA profiles is a breach of Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights. That is because information about people arrested for, or…

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