Mike McKnight of WOWT in Nebraska reports that as a follow-up to their exposure of a breach that exposed personnel files on more than 20 former employees of Claire’s, Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning gave Claire’s Corporation a written notice that they needed to develop a policy to ensure records are properly destroyed and not…
Author: Dissent
Bits ‘n Pieces
In the justice system: Andrew Paparella Jr. was arrested and charged with stealing credit card numbers belonging to patrons of his restaurant, the Citrus café. More. Gene Anthony Franklin Jr. faces up to 73 years in prison for stealing the identities of more than one dozen people by posing as a real estate investor to…
Fujitsu Consulting first notifying people of July 2008 breach (commentary)
When a package containing an electronic storage device was lost in transit between Fujitsu Consulting offices in New York City and Montreal by an overnight courier on July 28, 2008, the unnamed courier service and law enforcement were immediately notified. It is only now, however, that 3,410 individuals associated with Travelers Insurance Company are being…
Ca: City playing with personal information?
Richard Deschamps of radio station CJAD reports: If you’ve ever gotten a traffic ticket from the city of Montreal, there’s a good chance it, along with a lot of your personal information, might have wound up in a place where anyone looking to steal personal information might have had access to it. An investigation by…
HIPAA Expands to Personal Health Records — Just Not Google's or Microsoft's, If You Ask Them
Neil Versel of BNET reports: Although Google and Microsoft have gotten plenty of attention for their Web-based personal health records, both companies have long maintained that they’re not bound by the privacy protections of a 1996 federal law known as HIPAA. And despite a recent HIPAA change — one intended to extend its privacy…
Personal info of 18,000 Nashville students exposed on the web (updated)
The Associated Press reports that the Tennessee Department of Education has announced that a private contractor, Public Consulting Group, accidentally exposed personal information of more than 18,000 Nashville public school students and 6,000 of their parents on the web from December 28 through March 31, when the problem was discovered by a parent. Information on…