More on Genesco’s lawsuit over Visa’s fines following a data breach: Jeffrey Benzing reports that Genesco is arguing that Visa’s own internal documents show that they view breach fines as penalties and not compensatory. Genesco argues that the fines are therefore unenforceable under California law. Read more about their legal argument on Main Justice. Previous…
CORRECTED & UPDATED: Texas Health notified patients promptly following discovery of breach
CORRECTION: In response to the original post, below, I received the following e-mail from Texas Health: Good morning. Just an FYI that we did notify these patients within the 60-day timeframe. The problem is that in our efforts to keep the press release at the top of our news page and easy for people to…
Does HIPAA Apply to Employers?
Ruth T. Griggs writes: The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, better known as HIPAA, protects the privacy and security of patient health information. A common question from human resource managers has been what is the impact of HIPAA on an employer’s ability to collect employee health information for purposes of workers compensation, Family and…
UK: Cardiff & Vale University Health Board sign undertaking with ICO after loss of consulting psychiatrist's rucksack with sensitive documents
The Cardiff & Vale University Health Board have signed an undertaking with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) following the loss of documents containing sensitive personal data by a consultant. The ICO was informed of the loss of the consulting psychiatrist’s bag on November 26, 2012. The bag, which was attached to a child seat on the…
Thirteen men involved in Operation Payback indicted
Gil Aegerter reports: Thirteen alleged members of the computer hacking group Anonymous were indicted Thursday on conspiracy charges accusing them of coordinated cyberattacks on anti-piracy groups, government agencies, credit card companies and others, dubbed Operation Payback. The federal grand jury indictment, filed in federal court in Alexandria, Va., alleges that the 13 used distributed denial…
That was quick…
The Miami Herald reports that it took a federal jury less than one hour to convict a former Miami police officer who misused the D.A.V.I.D. driver’s license database to obtain identity information for a tax refund fraud scheme. Malinsky Bazile had been arrested in March.