Jess Davis reports: A Texas appeals court on Thursday blocked a civil rights advocacy group from deposing the state comptroller about a 2010 data breach that published online personal information about millions of Texans, saying the agency has governmental immunity. Read more on Law360.com (sub. required).
UK: Aberdeen City Council fined £100,000 after sensitive information exposed on the Internet
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has announced that a monetary penalty notice has been served on Aberdeen City Council after inadequate homeworking arrangements led to 39 pages of personal data being uploaded onto the internet by a Council employee. The council has been fined £100,000. The incident occurred in November 2011, after a home working employee…
Creative Banner Assemblies notifies some customers after malware may have extracted their information
Sign-Zone Inc., dba Creative Banner Assemblies, also had a recent malware problem, it seems. They have notified 232 customers that their unencrypted names, addresses, phone numbers, and credit card numbers with CVV codes may have been extracted after malware was inserted on or about June 1. The unencrypted data were in temporary files while the…
Update to Republic Services stolen laptop breach
Well, now maybe the media will pay more attention to the Republic Services breach I reported the other day. The laptop stolen from the employee’s home held the unencrypted names and Social Security numbers of 82,160 current and former employees.
LabMD statement in response to FTC complaint
The following statement attributed to LabMD was sent to PHIprivacy.net: LabMD Responds to Federal Trade Commission’s Witch Hunt FTC action a clear example of federal government overreach WASHINGTON – Today, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a complaint against LabMD claiming a violation of the Federal Trade Commission Act. LabMD responded: “The Federal Trade Commission’s…
NZ: Patient details of students on stolen laptops
Patients’ privacy may have been breached after the Southern Primary Health Organisation clinic in Invercargill was broken into. Police are still investigating but Fairfax Media believes two laptops and two hard drives containing patient records were stolen. One hard drive is believed to contain the patient files of students who underwent the Human Papillomavirus (HPV)…