Alissa Skelton reports: The University of Nebraska has asked the state treasurer to remove thousands of students’ classified financial aid and loan information that was published on a state spending website. But State Treasurer Shane Osborn said Saturday that’s impossible for his agency to do with limited staff and resources. “We don’t want to put…
Category: Of Note
New FTC portal to assist businesses in complying with privacy and security laws
From the FTC’s press release: The Federal Trade Commission has a new Business Center at Business.ftc.gov that gives business owners, attorneys, and marketing professionals the tools they need to understand and comply with the consumer protection laws, rules, and guides the FTC enforces. The Business Center provides practical, plain-language guidance about advertising, credit, telemarketing, privacy, and a host…
What’s with the increasing demands to have breached entities fined?
There’s been a growing clamor both here and abroad to have entities who have had data breaches fined. And while the ICO has been promising that such fines are “imminent” and will be announced before the end of this month, I find myself wondering why we, the public, are becoming increasingly strident in our call for…
Indiana sues WellPoint over delayed breach notification
The Indychannel reports: The attorney general’s office is suing health insurance giant WellPoint Inc. for $300,000 for waiting months to notify customers that their medical records, credit card numbers and other sensitive information may have been exposed online. The lawsuit filed Friday in Marion County accuses WellPoint of violating a state law that requires businesses to…
GAO – Information Security: National Archives and Records Administration Needs to Implement Key Program Elements and Controls
Information Security: National Archives and Records Administration Needs to Implement Key Program Elements and Controls GAO-11-20 October 21, 2010 Summary: The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is responsible for preserving access to government documents and other records of historical significance and overseeing records management throughout the federal government. NARA relies on the use of…
AU: Telstra botched mail-out exposes 220,000 customers
Asher Moses reports: Telstra is being investigated by both the communications and privacy watchdogs after it sent out 220,000 letters that contained account information belonging to other customers. The letters, which contained the name, phone number and telephone plan of customers other than the recipients, explained upcoming fixed line price changes. Telstra blamed the privacy…