Yelitza V. Dunham of Winston & Strawn LLP writes: A group of Liberty Mutual insurance companies successfully obtained declaratory relief that they had no duty to defend Aspen Way Enterprises and Aaron’s Inc. from two underlying actions alleging that spyware had been installed on rent-to-own computers. One of these, the Byrd Action, was a putative class action…
Category: Of Note
Security researchers face wrath of spy agencies
Darren Pauli reports: Researchers tasked with revealing attacks by intelligence agencies are being harassed, locked out of tenders, and in some cases deported, Kaspersky researcher Juan Andrés Guerrero-Saade says. Retaliation by the unnamed agencies is in direct response to news of prominent advanced-persistent threat campaigns that have coloured information security reporting over recent years. Those…
Theft At U. Washington Leaves Human Rights Workers On Edge
Jennifer Wing reports: The theft of a computer and hard-drive containing the names and stories of people who survived the war in El Salvador has human rights workers on edge. The break-in happened in Smith Hall, in the offices of the University of Washington’s Center for Human Rights, or CHR. UW’s Campus Police Department says…
FL: Osceola County children’s personal information posted online
WFTV reports that they’ve uncovered an error that exposed personal information of children in Osceola County online. Reyes found names for every child charged in [court cases in the state] and names of children in foster care in Osceola County. The children’s names in juvenile court cases are supposed to be confidential and seemingly should not have been…
WikiLeaks releases documents from CIA director’s personal AOL account
Sam Thielman reports: WikiLeaks on Wednesday released documents it said had been collected from CIA director John Brennan’s personal AOL account, the first in what the group said would be a series of publications. […] The embarrassing leaks include a questionnaire for the official’s security clearance marked: “Review copy – Do not retain.” Other documents included…
Resource for Schools: Data Privacy Guide
The California County Superintendents Educational Services Association has produced a data privacy guide for districts containing a range of best practices, sample vendor contracts, and steps to take when a data breach occurs. Data Privacy Guide is a collaborative project between the California Education Technology Professionals Association (CETPA), the California County Superintendents Educational Services Association (CCSESA) and…