As I noted earlier this month in discussing ABC’s coverage of firms just dumping paper records without shredding them, Florida law doesn’t seem to prohibit such disposal. Now there’s another story out of Florida, this one covered by News4Jax, that also involves improper disposal of personal and financial information on hundreds of people: Jessica Menendez…
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Restauranteurs threaten to sue POSitouch and NJ reseller
Yesterday’s press releases brought news of another potential lawsuit involving the restaurant industry and a POS vendor and reseller. I recognize the attorneys’ names as the same attorneys who filed suit on behalf of some Louisiana restauranteurs against another POS vendor, Radiant Systems, and their reseller, Computer World, last year. According to the press release,…
Stupid is as stupid does: the Lake Ridge Middle School breach
As a follow-up to previous coverage about the stolen Lake Ridge Middle School stolen thumb drive here and here, Andrea McCarren of WUSA-9 provides some additional details that have infuriated parents (emphasis added by me): The device was taken from a bag in an administrator’s unlocked car in her unlocked garage. ….. On the stolen…
Tulsa woman pleads guilty in identity theft case
David Harper reports the follow-up to a case previously covered here last month: A Tulsa woman pleaded guilty Wednesday to participating in a conspiracy in which personal identifying information was taken from St. Francis Hospital’s computer system and used as part of a scheme involving fraudulent credit cards and stolen mail. Teresa R. Browning, 36,…
City of Charlotte joins list of Towers Watson data loss victims
The City of Charlotte becomes the third entity to reveal that their data were on two DVDs lost by Towers Watson. In April, DataBreaches.net reported that Lorillard Tobacco was notifying employees that their names, addresses, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers were on two missing DVDs. General Agencies Welfare Benefits Program also reported that…
(update) Students’ personal data exposed after USB drive stolen
Graham Cluley comments on the stolen USB drive from Lake Ridge Middle School. He draws the same inference I did — that because there is no mention that the drive was encrypted, he assumes it wasn’t. And…. wait for it…. it was stolen from a school official’s car. Speaking of school data breaches, I learned…