James Lim reports: Pandora TV Co. Ltd., the South Korea-based operator of the country’s biggest video sharing website, lost 114,707 pieces of personal information during two confirmed intrusions in September, an official at the Korea Communications Commission (KCC) told Bloomberg BNA Oct. 22. “Based on what we have found so far, 7.4 million pieces of…
Hundreds of medical records fly out of truck in southwest Omaha
Elizabeth Snell reports: Even when medical facilities take the time to properly dispose of patients’ medical records, there is still a risk of a health data breach if the correct security measures are not taken in the transportation process. Last week, a medical waste company in Nebraska had an improperly secured truck door, which led to hundreds of medical records…
Data breach disclosure law could bring fines in Canada
Jennifer Brown reports: Fines are an established punishment for data breaches south of the border and they could soon be coming to Canada. […] Bill S-4, the digital privacy act, introduced earlier this year in the Senate, would amend the Personal Information and Electronic Documents Act. It was introduced in April and is now before…
Huge amounts of personal data stolen, offered for sale in Vietnam
The personal data of hundreds of thousands of people has been stolen, classified, listed and then offered for sale on the Internet for up to US$1,650 per database. […] Notably, among the lists is one that includes 3,400 people with a savings account at a major bank, showing all of their deposits and the balance….
New Jersey bill, AB 3146, may not require what the Democrats claim it requires
Yesterday, I posted a press release from the NJ Assembly Democrats about AB 3146, a bill that would expand the definition of “personal information” that might require breach disclosure to consumers. While AB 3146 does expand the duty to notify consumers of a breach to include “user names and email addresses, in combination with any password…
Will this lesson be learned?
When I saw the headline, “Class action lawsuit seeks to send message about the importance of safeguarding data,” I thought, “Oh, puhleese, how many times are we going to claim we’re just trying to send a message? Why haven’t they gotten it already?” But then I kept reading a news story by Joel Griffin, and…