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Papers left on train result in undertaking for U.K. barrister

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Dissent

Another undertaking in the U.K. quietly posted to the ICO’s web site without fanfare, relates to the loss of documents by a barrister, Raisa Saley. The facts of the case, as summarized in the undertaking: The Information Commissioner (the ‘Commissioner’) was informed by the data controller that she had lost a bundle of court papers…

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Indiana Attorney General reaches settlement with WellPoint in consumer data breach

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Dissent

Health insurer WellPoint Inc. will pay the State a $100,000 settlement over a data breach where the personal information of thousands of WellPoint customers was potentially accessible via the Internet. The settlement resolves a lawsuit that Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller’s office filed under a new data-breach notification law passed in 2009. “This case should…

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Oops: Dolphin Reveals Email Addresses of Beta Testers

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Dissent

From the Dolphin Support blog: Yesterday we sent an e-mail to a number of consumers who are our beta testers for Dolphin Browser HD v6.0. This time is different from our monthly newsletter in that we decided to send out the emails separately by using another email service. Through an unfortunate error by one of…

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CA: 1200 Sutter Gould Medical Foundation patients’ records tossed into dump

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Dissent

Paper medical records belonging to approximately 1,200 patients who visit Sutter Gould Medical Foundation physicians in Stockton and Lodi were lost May 27. They ended up buried in a landfill. The documents – all in one box – contained patient names, addresses, diagnostic test results, provider notes and correspondence, Social Security numbers, disability forms and…

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OH: Personal info found at trash bin in Warren

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Dissent

Matthew Steffy reports: Legal documents from a defunct law firm bearing personal information including Social Security numbers and dates of birth on thousands of documents surfaced in an open trash bin in downtown Warren this week. The documents include names, addresses, spousal and child information, Social Security numbers, dates of birth and income earnings. The…

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For Hulu, Facebook Connect becomes a security headache

Posted on July 2, 2011 by Dissent

Declan McCullagh reports:   Hulu acknowledged this afternoon that an attempt to integrate itself with Facebook didn’t go exactly as planned. Far from aiding the “entire social experience,” which the video streaming service had promised in its announcement earlier in the day, the attempted integration allowed some Hulu users to access other users’ accounts. In a followup…

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