Brendon Tavelli of Proskauer Rose writes: On November 23, 2009, a federal court in Missouri bucked the recent trend in identity exposure lawsuits and refused to recognize Article III standing in a class action lawsuit that alleged simply an increased risk of identity theft resulting from a data breach. In Amburgy v. Express Scripts, Inc.,…
Category: Of Note
Update: Court to decide what time, trouble are worth in Hannaford breach
Judy Harrison reports: Whether Hannaford Bros. customers may recover damages for the time and trouble it took them to straighten out their bank or credit card accounts after the Scarborough-based firm’s computer system was breached in late 2007 and early 2008 now is up to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court. The justices have never considered…
ICO publishes guide to Data Protection Act
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has produced a new plain English Guide to Data Protection to provide businesses and organizations with practical advice about the Data Protection Act and dispel myths. The guide will help organizations safeguard personal data and comply with the law. The guide takes a straight-forward look at the principles of the…
Open wide and say “Aaaargh”
Bronx man who used social engineering to steal 176 dentists’ info sentenced. Michael A. Roseboro, a/k/a “Mike Ross,” a/k/a “Michael Johnson,” a/k/a “Michael Smith,” was sentenced on November 25 to 116 months in prison for his participation in a massive identity-theft and credit card fraud scheme in which he targeted and stole the identities of…
Stolen laptop held birth data on all Belizeans
I supposed it was inevitable. A country’s entire population has had their birth certificate information stolen — and yes, because a laptop was left in an employee’s car. Channel 5 in Belize reports: Police are investigating the theft of a laptop that they fear could result in cases of identity theft. That’s because the stolen…
NZ: International gang suspected in massive carpark scam
Bernard Orsman has more on what appears to be a significant breach in New Zealand that may have affected over 100,000: A banking investigation has raised the possibility that stolen credit card details of tens of thousands of New Zealanders are in the hands of a Russian or Albanian gang. The theft of credit card…