BBC reports: A laptop containing the personal details of 125,000 potential and current students at Staffordshire University has been stolen. A member of staff took the computer home where it was stolen from a car. The data included the address, telephone number and email details for applicants dating back to 2006. The university said the…
CDT Files Brief in Wyndham Supporting FTC Regulation of Data Security
G.S. Hans writes: On Wednesday, November 12th CDT, along with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, filed an amicus brief in the long-running FTC v. Wyndham litigation. […] Our amicus highlights a few additional points that we think demonstrate why it’s vital that the FTC regulate data security. Read more on CDT.
FTC Refutes Wyndham’s Challenge; Unreasonable Security Is “Unfair”
Patricia Ballin reports: Generating a flurry of conversation among privacy professionals worldwide, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) last week filed its response to Wyndham Worldwide Corporation’s interlocutory appeal in the Third Circuit. […] The FTC’s response outlines and affirmatively answers the three questions presented in Wyndham’s appeal: whether a company’s unreasonable failure to protect the security…
NV: Member of Organized Cybercrime Ring Responsible for $50 Million in Online Identity Theft Sentenced to 115 Months in Prison
A Georgia man who purchased stolen credit card data and other personal information through the identity theft and credit card fraud ring known as “Carder.su” was sentenced today to serve 115 months in federal prison. He was further ordered to pay $50.8 million in restitution. Cameron Harrison, aka “Kilobit,” 28, of Augusta, Georgia, admitted at…
NHS breaches data laws 'six times a day'
David Barrett reports: Confidential patient records are being lost and inappropriately shared by the NHS an average of six times a day, according to new research. A survey of NHS trusts across Britain by a privacy campaign group found there had been 7,255 breaches of data protection rules in three years, including at least 50…
UK: Pharmacist who unlawfully spied on family and friends’ medical records prosecuted
From the Information Commissioner’s Office: A pharmacist who worked for West Sussex Primary Care Trust has been prosecuted by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) after unlawfully accessing the medical records of family members, work colleagues and local health professionals. Appearing at Barkingside Magistrates Court today, Harkanwarjit Dhanju, 50, was prosecuted under section 55 of the…