Kathryn Varn reports: Pasco-Hernando State College student Amanda Yost blamed her boyfriend when she noticed that emails went missing on her account with the learning management website the school uses. He liked to play World of Warcraft on her Asus laptop, and Yost, 20, thought the game had introduced a virus. But after a multiweek investigation,…
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Canada: Employer’s Potential Liability In Class Action For Employee’s Breach of Privacy
Ryley Mennie of McCarthy Tétrault LLP writes: A recent decision of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice highlights the increasing focus on (and potential liability arising from) customers’ and clients’ privacy rights and the importance for employers to properly monitor the activities of their employees. Additionally, while the decision comes from Ontario, which, unlike British Columbia, has…
AL: Hardee’s worker busted for stealing credit card numbers at Greenville drive-thru
Lindsey Rogers reports: A Greenville woman is accused of stealing credit card numbers from customers at a Hardee’s fast food restaurant. Investigators say she then used the information to buy thousands of dollars worth of clothes, shoes and jewelry online. Tanya Powell, 41, of Greenville, was arrested Monday and charged with fraudulent use of a…
Radiologist bypasses billing system computer security and acquires 97,000 patients’ info from NRAD Medical Associates – Update 4
Posting this here temporarily as phiprivacy.net is experiencing some problems. Usually when I see an envelope from NRAD Medical Associates, P.C. in my mail, it concerns a radiology bill or insurance matter following services there. But today, I opened the envelope to find a breach notification. Their notification, signed by their president, vice-president, and secretary-treasuresr, begins with the now somewhat…
AT&T Mobility reports breach involving service provider employees
So apparently it’s not enough that I read and think about gadzillions of breach notification letters. I’m supposed to actually report on them, too, huh? It seems I was so underwhelmed by an AT&T Mobility breach that I never reported on it here, even though mainstream media found it really newsworthy, with some even going so…
KR: FSS toughening punishment on data theft
Chung Ah-young reports that the South Korean financial regulator is cracking down by enhancing the penalties for employees and executives: Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) Governor Choi Soo-hyun directed the reinforcement of the punitive measures for any irregularities which can disrupt the market order and breach the rights of financial consumers. To prevent a recurrence of…