Ry Crozier reports: Bottle Domains’ temporary injunction against auDA revoking its accreditation stands after the Victorian Supreme Court turned down an appeal by the regulator. Sources close to the action have told iTnews that “the injunction stands” – at least until the full hearings begin on Wednesday of next week. Read more in iTnews Related…
Category: Breach Incidents
LA: Lawsuit filed over data theft
Joe Gyan Jr. of The Advocate reports: A Baton Rouge seafood restaurant from which more than 1,800 patron credit card numbers were stolen in April 2008 is suing the providers of its computers and software. On the Half Shell, which has one eatery on Bluebonnet Boulevard and another in Prairieville, claims Acadiana-based Computer World Inc….
TX: Box With Private Information Found Outside Elementary School
Monica Balderrama reports that following up on a phone call, KFOX found a box with personal information of hundreds of teachers, students and parents outside of Eastwood Knolls Elementary School in the Ysleta School District. The documents, which included school registration forms, immunization records and copies of birth certificates, as well as a roster with…
North Carolina breach data, 2007- March, 2009
Between January 2007 and March 19, 2009, North Carolina received 231 notifications of breaches under their breach reporting requirements. NC’s statute includes breaches involving paper records as well as electronic records, but only breaches requiring notification of 1,000 individuals or more must be reported to NC’s Consumer Protection Division of the Attorney General’s Office. Hence,…
Some MFS Investment Management account information exposed in online error
On April 1, Massachusetts Financial Services Company notified (pdf) the New Hampshire Attorney General that they were informed by a customer on February 23 that an error in their online tax reporting system allowed Form 1099 tax forms of certain accounts to be viewed by an owner of one or more of these accounts. The…
Northeast Rehabilitation Hospital patient data stolen
On April 8, Northeast Rehabilitation Hospital in Salem, New Hampshire notified (pdf) the New Hampshire Attorney General that paper and electronic records with personal and medical information on 8 patients was stolen from an employee’s vehicle on March 20. The hospital provides services to patients in homes and schools, and the laptop and document were…