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S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley takes blame for state’s data breach

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Dissent

I’ve been somewhat snarky about the Governor’s past statements on the massive breach in the state’s Dept. of Revenue agency, so I thought the least I can do is acknowledge when she steps up to the plate. James Rosen reports: South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley on Wednesday for the first time accepted personal blame for…

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This ‘n that, Part 2

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Dissent

Another cup of coffee, and here’s some of what I’m reading: Western Connecticut State University is notifying 235,000 people their records, including social security numbers and other personal information, were insecure on its computers for three years and four months. WCSU said it has found no evidence that records were inappropriately accessed. Read about it…

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In the blink of an eye (update1)

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Dissent

Radio New Zealand reports: The Tertiary Education Commission is worried about a potential privacy breach after a briefcase containing sensitive information on the performance of the nation’s academics was stolen from one of its members. The briefcase belonged to a member of the Commission’s performance-based research fund panel, which assesses research by university staff and…

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This ‘n that

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Dissent

Some of what I’m reading this morning while working on my first cup of coffee: I was surprised to read that the Department of Defense is involved in notifying military members and families who paid state income taxes in South Carolina about the massive SC Department of Revenue breach. Does the DOD normally get involved…

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AZ: Public printing of court documents halted due to security breach

Posted on November 28, 2012 by Dissent

Scott Orr reports: Citing a security breach in a software update, Sandra K. Markham, clerk of Yavapai County Superior Court, on Monday ordered that the ability to print documents from public-access court document computer terminals be shut down. “One of my clerks was being an investigator, and she just tried to see if something he…

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Maybe next time they’ll heed the warning? (updated)

Posted on November 28, 2012 by Dissent

One of the privacy cases that I covered over the last 5+ years on PogoWasRight.org concerned the government’s ability to require extensive background checks on employees and employees of contractors. That case,  NASA v. Nelson, was eventually decided by the Supreme Court in January 2011.  EPIC had filed an amicus brief in the case on…

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