Hunton & Williams write: On August 7, 2014, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia held in Travelers Indemnity Company of America v. Portal Healthcare Solutions, LLC, No. 1:13-cv-917 (E.D. Va. Aug. 7, 2014), that online posting of patient medical information constituted “publication,” whether or not it was viewed by a third…
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Criminal defense firm joins the ranks of those who have backup drives stolen from cars (updated)
Nothing good can come from a breach notification letter that begins: During the early morning hours on June 27, 2014, a hard drive containing backup files for one of the firm’s servers was stolen from the locked trunk of an employee’s vehicle. Not surprisingly, there’s even more bad news. Vincent M. Imhoff, Managing Director of Los…
Geekface hacked; designers and users’ information accessed
Some designers who registered with Hatchwise.com or eLogoContest.com may be getting a nasty surprise – a breach notification: On or about August 5th, 2014, an intruder illegally gained access to a Geekface LLC server. The data accessed included personal information such as names, addresses, birth dates, usernames and passwords, and social security numbers. The data…
Intelligence Gap: How a Chinese National Gained Access to Arizona’s Terror Center
Andrew Becker, CIR and Ryan Gabrielson, ProPublica report: LIZHONG FAN’S DESK WAS AMONG A CROWD of cubicles at the Arizona Counter Terrorism Information Center in Phoenix. For five months in 2007, the Chinese national and computer programmer opened his laptop and enjoyed access to a wide range of sensitive information, including the Arizona driver’s license…
Oops. Data leak not fixed as Topeka school leaders thought
Last week, I posted a privacy breach involving student data in Topeka Unified School District 501 over on PogoWasRight. It seems I missed an update, but happily, @VERISDB caught it and tweeted a link. Celia Llopis-Jepsen reports: Confidential student data continued to be available this week to unauthorized people at Topeka Unified School District 501,…
Comcast Data Breach Leaks Thousands of Unlisted Phone Numbers, Threatening Customers’ Privacy
Adi Kamdar of EFF writes: The longer my information is out there, the worse the issue gets, yet still no action. I have paid for unpublishing my information for years as I testified in a murder trial. Now, my wife, children, and I are [a]ll in danger; and I have nowhere to turn. Four years…