Attorney General George Jepsen and Consumer Protection Commissioner William Rubenstein have reached an agreement with Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. to provide additional protections to the current and former customers whose personal information was made public. Information of current and former MetLife customers was part of a spreadsheet posted to the Internet by an employee of…
Category: Business Sector
Customer data breach draws federal lawsuit against Nevada-based Zappos, parent company Amazon
Associated Press reports: Online retailers Amazon.com and Zappos.com are being sued in Kentucky by a Texas woman alleging that she and millions of other customers were harmed by the release of personal account information. […] Attorneys for plaintiff Theresa D. Stevens of Beaumont, Texas, are seeking class-action status on behalf of 24 million customers for…
Follow-up: Chartered Institute of Public Relations signs undertaking after membership applications lost on train
As a follow-up to a breach reported previously on this blog, the Chartered Institute of Public Relations has signed an undertaking with the Information Commissioner’s Office. From the undertaking: In May 2011, the Information Commissioner (the “Commissioner”) became aware of an incident involving the loss of up to 30 CIPR membership application forms. A member…
UK: Manpower UK Ltd e-mail gaffe results in undertaking for violating the Data Protection Act
An undertaking has been signed by Manpower UK Ltd following a breach of the Data Protection Act where a spreadsheet containing 400 people’s personal details was accidentally emailed to 60 employees. Although no date is given for the breach, the undertaking indicates: The Information Commissioner (the ‘Commissioner’) was provided with a report indicating that one…
Follow-up: 8 years for last conspirator in ’09 credit fraud
Kaitlyn Walsh reports: The last of seven Minnesotans involved in a 2009 credit-card fraud scheme that targeted restaurant patrons was sentenced Thursday in federal court in St. Paul. […] The conspirators included workers from the Olive Garden, two Wendy’s restaurants and the Split Rock Grill in Bloomington, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. All seven…
Grindr Hack Leaves Hundreds of Thousands Exposed
Sara Yin reports: A man in Syndey hacked into the popular gay “hookup” app Grindr, leaving the personal information of hundreds of thousands of members vulnerable. Grindr CEO Joel Simkhai acknowledged the breach on Twitter and has been “reassuring” users that an app update will be released “in a few days.” No further details have…