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Ca: Clement backs fines for data leaks

Posted on May 7, 2011 by Dissent

Sarah Schmidt reports: Industry Minister Tony Clement said Friday he’s open to the idea proposed by Canada’s privacy watchdog to give her the power to slap corporations with huge fines if they don’t protect the personal information of their customers. “I have not closed the door to it, but there would have to be additional…

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Shanghai: 6 held over theft of personal info

Posted on May 6, 2011 by Dissent

Six people have been detained in connection with stealing, selling and publishing online the personal details of 3,600 local residents, police said yesterday. Officers said that details – including names, addresses and phone numbers – of residents from 14 well-known residential complexes changed hands six times before finally being posted on Baidu Wenku, China’s biggest…

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Ca: Fines needed to help stem growing data breaches, Privacy Commissioner says

Posted on May 4, 2011 by Dissent

From the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada: STRATFORD, Ontario, May 4, 2011 – An alarming trend of ever-bigger data breaches is prompting Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart to call for substantial fines against major corporations that fail to adequately protect Canadians’ personal information from preventable breaches. “I am deeply troubled by the large number…

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In: BPO employee arrested for online card fraud

Posted on May 4, 2011 by Dissent

A BPO employee at Visakhapatnam was today arrested for online credit card fraud running into lakhs of rupees. The arrested, 25-year P Bala Vamsi Krishna, is a customer service representative in the BPO and a resident of Satyam Heights at SR Nagar. He was arrested following a complaint by R Sreekanth, the general manger of…

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SOE hacked: 12,700 credit card numbers and 24.6 million accounts may have been compromised

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Dissent

Togikagi writes: As we previously reported, all Sony Online Entertainment services, games, forums and web sites went offline this morning as a result of the recent Playstation Network intrusion. SOE just issued an announcement, and it appears that the personal information of players may have been compromised. Here are the details straight from SOE: “Our…

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Ie: TCD reports data breach

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Dissent

Another Irish college is reporting a data breach: A file containing the names of students and staff of Trinity College Dublin, along with their addresses, ID numbers and email addresses, was “inadvertently” made accessible on a local network, the college said. TCD said today it had reported the incident to the Data Protection Commissioner. The…

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