In a move toward implementation of the EU e-Privacy Directive, on November 3, 2010, the Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs submitted a bill to the Dutch Parliament that would amend the Dutch Telecommunications Act to obligate telecom and internet service providers to provide notification of data security breaches, and require consent for the use of cookies (the…
US data laws spur encryption take-up
John E Dunn reports: Data security laws are now the main reason US companies take up encryption, for the first time surpassing even anxiety over data breaches, a new report by the Ponemon Institute on behalf of Symantec has found. Reporting for its fourth year in 2010, US Enterprise Encryption Trends found that regulations were…
KS: Money, laptop taken in bowling alley burglary
A money bag containing thousands of dollars in cash, checks and credit card transactions was stolen during a burglary at All Star Lanes late Sunday or early Monday. Source: Salina Journal
New TD Ameritrade data theft settlement offers $50-$2,500 for ID theft in breach
Associated Press reports: Online brokerage TD Ameritrade (Nasdaq:AMTD) will offer up to $2,500 to each of the more than six million current and former customers affected by the theft of their contact information more than three years ago. But the proposed settlement, which will cost between $2.5 million and $6.5 million, still must be approved…
Chili’s Says Club Members’ Personal Data Was Leaked
Phil Villarreal writes: In a mass message sent out to its “e-mail club” subscribers, Chili’s revealed its service provider sprung a leak in user data, letting loyalists know first and last names, email addresses and birthdates went up for grabs. […] We are contacting you because the service provider (InterMundo Media) for the Chili’s e-mail…
Hard Drive Containing Students’ Personal Info Goes Missing at Messiah College
From WGAL: A computer hard drive containing personal information about tens of thousands of current, former and prospective Messiah College students disappeared about two weeks ago, a representative of the small private college said Monday. The external hard drive — which backed up information on a laptop in the financial aid department — contained data…