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United Food and Commercial Workers International employee data on stolen laptop

Posted on May 1, 2009 by Dissent

A laptop stolen from a United Food and Commercial Workers International (“UFCW”) office on March 10 contained personal information of UFCW members, former members, and retirees including names and addresses, Social Security numbers, phone numbers, birth dates, and e-mail addresses, but no financial information, according to a notification (pdf) filed by their lawyers with the…

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Deja vu all over again at Binghamton University

Posted on May 1, 2009 by Dissent

Robert Hadad-Zlokower of the Binghamton University Pipe Dream reports: Binghamton University announced Tuesday that it had let WHRW, the student-run radio station, members off the hook for “gaining access” this March to an unlocked room filled with students’ personal information … a few hours later, it happened again. While he was walking through an entrance…

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Possible Mass Security Breach Involving LexisNexis and Investigative Professionals (Update 3)

Posted on May 1, 2009 by Dissent

Ariel Bashi of CBS News reports: CBS News has learned of another data breach potentially compromising the personal information of thousands of people. Companies Lexis Nexis and Investigative Professionals have sent up to 40,000 letters to customers whose “sensitive and personally identifiable” information may have been viewed by individuals who should not have had access….

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IT director pleads guilty to deleting organ donation records (updated)

Posted on May 1, 2009 by Dissent

Not all data losses are created equal. Grant Gross of IDG News Service reports: The former IT director for a nonprofit organ and tissue donation center pleaded guilty to a charge that she broke into the organization’s computer network and deleted organ donation database records, invoice files, and database and accounting software, the U.S. Department…

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FTC Will Grant Three-Month Delay of Enforcement of ‘Red Flags’ Rule Requiring Creditors and Financial Institutions to Adopt Identity Theft Prevention Programs

Posted on May 1, 2009 by Dissent

From the FTC’s press release: The Federal Trade Commission will delay enforcement of the new “Red Flags Rule” until August 1, 2009, to give creditors and financial institutions more time to develop and implement written identity theft prevention programs. For entities that have a low risk of identity theft, such as businesses that know their…

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Rush introduces breach notification bill in House

Posted on May 1, 2009 by Dissent

Yesterday in Congress, Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL) introduced H.R. 2221, co-sponsored by Reps. Stearns (R-FL), Barton (R-TX), Schakowsky (D-IL), and Radanovich (R-CA). The text of the bill is not yet available online, but it was introduced as “A bill to protect consumers by requiring reasonable security policies and procedures to protect computerized data containing personal…

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