Debra Cassens Weiss reports: A battle over laptops taken by lawyers to a new law firm failed to reach a settlement last week during a three-hour session before a magistrate judge. The suit by Pennsylvania insurance boutique Nelson Brown Hamilton & Krekstein initially sought the return of laptops taken by 14 departing lawyers to Lewis,…
UK: Data loss at Portland school sparks inquiries
The Dorset Echo reports: An investigation is underway after a confidential school document wasn’t properly disposed off at a prison. The Young Offender Institution (YOI) on Portland had been providing the Isle of Portland Aldridge Community Academy (IPACA) with a confidential waste disposal service. A letter was sent to parents of pupils last week informing them that a document hadn’t been…
CT: Probation for Coast Guard Tech Who Stole Explicit Photos
There’s an update to a case previously noted on this site. Ari Mason reports: A former Coast Guard computer technician has been sentenced to three years of probation for stealing personal information, including account names, passwords and sexually explicit photos and videos, from hundreds of computers brought to him for repair. Larry Mathews, 34, of Pawcatuck,…
TX: State Investigates After Medical Files Found in Dumpster
KRGV reports that patient and employee records from Xtra Mile Ambulance Service Company were found in a dumpster at a storage facility. The ambulance company is no longer in business. The medical files contain personal information including Social Security numbers, addresses and bank account numbers. So if the files were stored, their only exposure occurred when…
Sony Ex-Employees File Amended Class Action Suit Over Hacking Attack
Ted Johnson reports: Nine former Sony employees have filed an amended class action lawsuit against Sony Pictures Entertainment, alleging that the studio failed to take adequate safeguards to protect personal information that was exposed in the hacking attack last year. “Following the breach, SPE has focused on its own remediation efforts, not on protecting employees’ sensitive…
AU: Immigration removals delayed pending assessment of data breach
Patrick Gunning of King & Wood Mallesons writes: The Immigration department’s well publicised 2014 data security breach continues to cause difficulties for the Department. In late January and mid February the courts have issued interlocutory injunctions preventing the removal from Australia of certain asylum seekers pending the outcome of administrative law challenges to decisions to refuse…