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Comments on Senator Feinstein’s bill, S. 139

Posted on January 11, 2009 by Dissent

Earlier this week, Senator Feinstein grabbed the privacy headlines when she reintroduced the same breach notification bill that she has introduced in every session of Congress for the past few years. Like me, the bill has not improved with age. S.139 is intended to provide a national “floor” on data breach notifications for breaches involving…

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Mysterious credit card charge may have hit millions of users

Posted on January 11, 2009 by Dissent

Mitch Lipka reports: Several Internet complaint boards are filled with comments from credit card customers from coast to coast who have noticed a mysterious charge for about 25 cents on their statements. The charge shows up on statements as coming from “Adele Services” in Melville, N.Y. There is no business by that name listed in…

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GA: Personal Documents Found Stashed Behind Coweta Co. Store

Posted on January 11, 2009 by Dissent

More than a week after a Circuit City store closed its doors, employees found personal documents stashed behind the building. Investigators were trying to determine if anyone else saw the customers’ information. The accompanying video indicates that there were “boxes and boxes” of service contract papers that contained customers’ names, addresses, phone numbers, type of…

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TX: Forest Hill council member victim of identity theft

Posted on January 11, 2009 by Dissent

Andrew Chavez reports: Police want to know how a Forest Hill city council member’s identity was stolen and used to cash fake traveler’s checks in Ohio several times over the past year. Ohio investigators say the man pulled the scam at least four times in the past year, netting about $600, said Capt. Gary Turner,…

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OK: County Posts Social Security Numbers Online

Posted on January 10, 2009 by Dissent

Thousands of Oklahomans’ Social Security numbers may be listed online for anyone to see and they don’t even know it. Pottawatomie County posts home sale and mortgage information on its Web site, but some home owners said the county is getting too personal about open records. “What the public needs to realize is, for years,…

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CO: New reports of “skimming” in the Grand Valley

Posted on January 9, 2009 by Dissent

Grand Junction Police are looking into a number of reports of “skimming” incidents around the Grand Valley. This is the second time in as many months police have seen a rash of reports pour into the department. […] The GJPD says at least 17 new victims have come forward, with a dollar loss per victim…

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