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Mississippi student data accessed in Questar testing-vendor breach

Posted on January 19, 2018 by Dissent

Bracey Harris reports: Mississippi education officials were unable to say Friday how many students’ personal information might have been obtained in the wake of a data breach at Questar one of the state’s testing vendors. The Mississippi Department of Education said in a statement Friday that an unauthorized user accessed the information of two districts…

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New York State Education Department Announces Breach of Data Held by Vendor Questar

Posted on January 18, 2018 by Dissent

Jan. 18 -State Education Department Announces Breach of Data Held by Vendor Questar The State Education Department’s grades 3-8 assessment vendor, Questar Assessment, Inc., experienced a data breach affecting a small number of students registered for computer-based testing (CBT) in spring 2017, Commissioner MaryEllen Elia announced today. Questar reported that its preliminary analysis shows 52…

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Medical records from defunct spa and wellness centers found dumped in New Bedford

Posted on January 16, 2018 by Dissent

Ashley Cullinane reports: Medical records were found dumped in New Bedford, sparking concern in the community. Private information like social security numbers and licenses are printed in the files, New Bedford Live reported. The records belonged to MD Medical Spa and Wellness Center in Hyannis and Norwell, Massachusetts. The facilities shut down in 2016. Read…

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Website operators are in the dark about privacy violations by third-party scripts

Posted on January 13, 2018 by Dissent

by Steven Englehardt, Gunes Acar, and Arvind Narayanan Recently we revealed that “session replay” scripts on websites record everything you do, like someone looking over your shoulder, and send it to third-party servers. This en-masse data exfiltration inevitably scoops up sensitive, personal information — in real time, as you type it. We released the data…

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Federal Appeals Court Slams Data Breach Privilege Claim

Posted on January 11, 2018 by Dissent

Craig A. Newman writes: In the most recent object lesson in a data breach privilege case, a federal appeals court has ordered a Michigan-based mortgage lender to turn over privileged forensic investigatory documents after the investigator’s conclusions were revealed in discovery. Background.  In the case, Leibovic v. United Shore Financial Services, LLC, et al, No. 17-2290,…

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DJO Global Notifies St. Rose Dominican Patients of Potential Breach of Personal Information

Posted on January 6, 2018 by Dissent

January 5, 2018 – DJO Global, Inc., a global provider of medical device solutions for musculoskeletal health, vascular health and pain management, announced today that on September 25, 2017 DJO discovered an incident involving the potential disclosure of certain personal information of individuals who received a DJO Global product from the Siena, San Martin or De…

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