January 28 is the second international Data Privacy Day in the U.S., Canada, and over two dozen European countries. In Congress, Rep. David Price of North Carolina has introduced a resolution supporting the designation of January 28, 2009 as National Data Privacy Day. To date, the bill has six co-sponsors: Rep Barton, Joe [TX-6] Rep…
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Bills in introduced in Congress (continued)
The following bills were also introduced in Congress this week and have been added to the Bills in Congress page on this site to enable tracking: Introduced by Price, for himself and Stearns: A resolution expressing support for designation of January 28, 2009, as “National Data Privacy Day”. H. Res. 31. Introduced by Kirk, for…
UK: Security probe after data breach at prison
Aasma Day reports: A security probe has been launched after a memory stick containing details of more than 6,000 prisoners was lost – with the password attached to it. The USB data stick was lost by a health worker at Preston prison. All 6,360 patients are, or have been, a prisoner at Her Majesty’s Prison…
GU: Pair Arrested On Federal Identity Theft Charge
Kevin Kerrigan reports: Federal officials say two arrests have been made in an identity theft case. U-S Attorney Lenny Rapadis has announced that Benedict L. Cruz and Melissa J. Quitugua have been arrested and arraigned on Federal charges of fraudulently obtaining more than 73-thousand dollars through the unauthorized use of credit cards and committing identity…
Media groups want Neb. cemetery records released
An update on a court case we’ve been covering on this and related sites: Several media organizations on Thursday joined a Nebraska historical society’s fight to obtain the names of 957 people buried in unmarked graves at a former psychiatric hospital cemetery. The organizations filed a “friend of the court” brief supporting a lawsuit filed…
CVS Caremark's Privacy Practices, Conflicts of Interest Subject of D.C. City Council Hearing
Received this press release by e-mail from Change to Win: On Friday, Jan. 9 at 10:00 A.M., D.C. Councilmember David Catania will chair a hearing of the NAME to look into how CVS Caremark’s practices regarding patient privacy could be impacting D.C. consumers and other questionable practices by the retail drug giant. The hearings…