I love it when states publicly post the data breach notifications they receive, but California’s Attorney General Kamala Harris just raised the bar for other states by actually analyzing and reporting on the breaches involving California residents. From California’s Attorney her press release: Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today released the first report detailing the…
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What do consumers expect in the way of data security and privacy protections when they sign up for a premium subscription service?
What do consumers expect in the way of data security and privacy protections when they sign up for a premium subscription service? I was reading up on the class action lawsuit against LinkedIn following their breach last year, and discovered that the plaintiff had retained Serge Egelman, who conducted two new surveys in April on…
Senator Toomey reintroduces bill to preempt state data breach notification laws
John Eggerton reports that Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA) has introduced the “Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2013” (S. 1193). Although the bill’s text is not yet available online, it’s reportedly the same bill he introduced last year: In the event of data breaches, “the bill would direct companies possessing personal data to notify…
Lawmakers seek credit monitoring for veterans
Kevin Freking of Associated Press reports: A bipartisan group of lawmakers asked the Veterans Affairs Department on Friday to offer credit monitoring to veterans and dependents whose personal information, including birth dates and Social Security numbers, might have been disclosed when its computer systems were hacked. The lawmakers are responding to testimony at a hearing where witnesses said foreign-sponsored…
California agencies’ clients vulnerable to ID theft
Shoshana Walter of The Center for Investigative Reporting has a piece on state agency data breaches, here.
CN: Thousands busted in identity theft cases
China Daily reports: Police have busted 4,382 cases of personal information theft, involving 5 billion pieces ofstolen information, People’s Daily reported Thursday. More than 4,000 suspects have been arrested in three national crackdowns launched in 2012 and 2013, and at least 1,200 gangs selling and buying personal information illegally have been destroyed. More than 200 suspects have been punished for providing, selling and obtaining personal information illegally, and the rest face punishment. That’s impressive. I wish I could find the article on People’s Daily, but haven’t been able to track it down yet.