The non-partisan Consumer Watchdog called on Google today to cease a rumored lobbying effort aimed at allowing the sale of electronic medical records in the current version of the Economic Stimulus legislation. Consumer Watchdog called on Congress to remove loopholes in the ban on the sale of medical records and include other privacy…
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Ca: Dozens bilked of thousands in debit card scam
Joe Belanger reports: Dozens of Stratford residents were bilked of thousands of dollars from their bank accounts last weekend in a debit card scam, police say. How the culprits were able to withdraw the money is still being investigated, said Stratford police Insp. Sam Theocharis. It’s not known how many bank accounts were hit and…
Monster Says Hackers May Have Stolen Data in Several Countries
Simon Thiel reports: Monster Worldwide Inc., the operator of the most-used jobs Web site, said hackers may have stolen confidential details of users in more than one country after the Times reported the data of 4.5 million U.K. users was accessed. Monster hasn’t established which countries were affected, Michelle Brown, a company spokeswoman in London,…
UK: Police officer denies data breach
A police officer has appeared in court charged with “recklessly obtaining information” from Devon and Cornwall Constabulary files about a woman – 96 times. Paul Meseg, aged 50, entered a not guilty plea when he appeared before magistrates in Plymouth yesterday. It is alleged that, while working in Tiverton and at stations in East Devon,…
WI: Thief unsuccessful in hacking stolen city laptop
Signe Brewster reports: The Madison Police Department announced Monday that no sensitive information was accessed on a laptop computer stolen from an office in the City-County Building Friday. The results of forensic tests performed on the recovered laptop showed multiple unsuccessful attempts were made to log into the computer, which contained 300 to 500 employee…
UK: MPs urge DH to report security breaches
MPs want the Department of Health to provide more information on data security breaches in the NHS and to set out clearly the sanctions that staff face for breaking data security rules. The House of Commons Public Accounts Committee made its recommendations as part of its second report on the National Programme for IT in…