Sasha Romanosky writes: I imagine most of you have received one or more letters from companies informing you that they lost your personal information. If so, what, if anything, did you do about it? Did you check your credit history?; close a financial account?; something else?; or nothing at all? If you did act, you…
Category: Breach Laws
Costa Rica: Computer Fraud Bill Passed
InsideCostaRica reports: Legislators approved the bill that establishes penalties for computer fraud. Among the sanctions are a violation of personal data and sets the penalty of 3 to 6 years in prison. In addition, it provides a penalty of 4 to 8 years in prison for extortion. Computer fraud case of espionage, computer sabotage and…
AU: Data breach laws won’t help: Verizon
Darren Pauli reports: A top information forensic specialist has said that mandatory data breach legislation will not reduce the number of data breaches, despite industry calls for such laws to be introduced. Industry figures have been asking for such legislation since the government looked into the issue as part of a national overhaul of privacy…
Data Breach Investigation | Due Process of Law
The following is cross-posted from PHIprivacy.net: In September, I posted an excerpt from a thought-provoking commentary by attorney Benjamin Wright. In discussing a fine levied against Lucile Salter Packard Hospital for late notification under California’s breach notification law, he had written, in part: The California Legislature made clear it wants notices to be issued quickly. However,…
US data laws spur encryption take-up
John E Dunn reports: Data security laws are now the main reason US companies take up encryption, for the first time surpassing even anxiety over data breaches, a new report by the Ponemon Institute on behalf of Symantec has found. Reporting for its fourth year in 2010, US Enterprise Encryption Trends found that regulations were…
Credit Unions Ask Congress To Help With Security Breaches
Maya Jackson Randall reports: Credit unions are asking U.S. lawmakers this holiday shopping season to help address identity theft and fraudulent charges, saying the new financial overhaul makes it harder to offset the cost of such security breaches. […] Credit unions, which issue payment cards for consumers, often charge-off fraud-related losses and also spend money…