Amy Alderman reports: A 58-year-old executive of the Illinois Secretary of State’s drivers license division surrendered today to allegations that he gave personal information he found in the Libertyville customer database to identity thieves in exchange for gift cards and sports tickets. According to David Druker, spokesman for Secretary of State Jesse White’s office, Charles…
CO Medical Marijuana Rules: Law Enforcement Trumps Patient Privacy
Over on TalkLeft, Jeralyn writes: One step forward, two steps back. Colorado’s proposed regulations on medical marijuana are 90 pages long. You can read them here. As part of her discussion, she quotes (via Westword) the Cannabis Therapy Institute: The Colorado constitution sets up a confidential registry run by the state health department,” she continues, “and the only reason…
House and Senate Enact Amendment of FCRA, Limit Scope of Red Flags Rule
Boris Segalis writes: The Blog of Legal Times is reporting that late on December 7, 2010 the House of Representatives passed a bill on a voice vote that amends the definition of “creditor” in the Fair and Accurate Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and, as a result, dramatically limits the scope of the Red Flags Rule. The…
VA data breach statistics for 4th Quarter 2010
Some summary numbers from the Department of Veterans Affairs Quarterly Notice to Congress on Data Breaches for the 4th Quarter 2010: Overall, there were 5,090 notification of data loss letters mailed or pending mailing and 1,552 notification of credit protection letters mailed or pending mailing for the quarter. The bigger incidents that occurred during the…
(follow-up) Romanian national pleads guilty to conspiracy in skimming
A Romanian national pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiring with another Romanian national to skim customer account information from PNC Bank ATM machines in Western Pennsylvania, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced in a press release last week. Alexandru Razvan Serb, 39 pleaded guilty on Dec. 1, 2010, to one…
Merchant sues U.S. Bank over chargebacks, alleges bank covered up breach
Dan Browning reports on a lawsuit in Arizona where merchants are striking back at a bank over chargebacks when the merchant had allegedly done its part to prevent fraud and verify the card’s authenticity. A tiny mom- and daughter-owned company in Arizona is taking aim at U.S. Bank in a class-action lawsuit that alleges the…