Police chiefs in South Yorkshire have defended the force’s record for abiding by the Data Protection Act – despite admitting officers and staff have breached the rules on 70 occasions. Forces across the country have released details, under the Freedom of Information Act, of how many times data breaches occurred during a four year period….
Category: Commentaries and Analyses
South Floridian Sentenced In Identity Theft Scheme
Robinson Calixte, 22, of Miami, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Donald L. Graham o 47 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release for identity theft. On September 13, 2013, Calixte was charged in a five count indictment for identity theft in connection with his unauthorized possession of at least fifteen social…
Target’s “Second-Rate” Fix for Hacking Victims May Leave Customers Vulnerable
Dana Liebelson discusses a concern that has been raised here and elsewhere – that Target negotiated a credit-monitoring deal with Experian that only includes Experian’s own database and not the Equifax and TransUnion databases as well. Read her report on Mother Jones.
Wyndham submits new data security and breach bills to support motion to dismiss FTC complaint
Will Judge Ester Salas ever get to rule in FTC v. Wyndham? I had hoped the court would issue a ruling on Wyndham’s motion to dismiss shortly after the November oral argument on the motion, but here we are three months later, and both sides are still introducing supplemental authorities to bolster their respective positions….
‘Hacker’ case pits suspect’s intellect vs. FBI surveillance
Dennis Wagner reports: In spring 2008, FBI agents were struggling to identify a criminal who electronically filed hundreds of fraudulent tax returns, ripping off the federal government for more than $3 million. Investigators and informants started referring to their phantom bad guy as “the Hacker.” Prosecutors persuaded a federal grand jury in Arizona to secretly…
Why Canada’s Privacy Commissioner and CRTC should heed PIAC/CAC’s recommendations about Bell’s “Relevant Ads Program”
This post originally appeared on PogoWasRight.org. I am cross-posting it here because I think NullCrew’s hack should inform policy decisions and public debate about a program of Bell’s that involves a lot of sharing of consumers’ personal information with “affiliates.” Bell (BCE, Bell Canada, Bell Mobility, Bell Aliant and their affiliates) believes it is engaging…