Georgina Prodhan and Leila Abboud report: Internet executives meeting in Paris will urge G8 leaders to adopt an international approach to protecting users’ personal data but will recommend leaving the thorny issue of copyright protection largely to national governments, according to a draft communiqué seen by Reuters. The so-called eG8 forum, which has attracted Internet…
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Michaels Breach: Who’s Liable?
Tracy Kitten reports: …. What role should merchants play, when it comes to ensuring transactional security, and how should financial institutions, as card-issuers, fall into the fray? Attorney Randy Sabett, partner and co-chair of the Internet and Data Protection practice at law firm SNR Denton LLP, says the liability lines are often blurred and hard to…
Charity reports huge rise in staff data fraud
Insider fraud is reportedly being increasingly reported in the UK: There has been a startling rise in personal and account data being stolen from UK companies, according to the Cifas, an anti-fraud advice body. It recorded a 63 per cent rise in staff members stealing customer data in 2010 compared with 2009. Cifas adds that…
Information and Privacy Commissioner issues his decisions about the Epsilon data breach that affected Best Buy and Air Miles
From the press release: The Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta, Frank Work issued his decisions today in regard to Best Buy Canada Ltd., and Air Miles Reward Program’s breach incident reports involving unauthorized access to personal information. Amendments to the Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) require organizations to report incidents where there exists a…
Breach Notification Proposal Lacks Teeth
Clearly I’m not the only one who was unimpressed with the Obama administration’s plan for a federal data breach notification law. Tracy Kitten reports: The Obama administration’s plan for a federal data breach notification policy is too vague to be effective, and it lacks teeth to penalize violators, critics say. Read more on BankInfoSecurity.com.
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