Barbara J. Evans of the University of Houston Law Center has uploaded a working paper to SSRN, “Waiving Your Privacy Goodbye: Privacy Waivers and the HITECH Act’s Regulated Price for Sale of Health Data to Researchers.” The abstract is: How much should an insurer or healthcare provider be able to charge when selling people’s personal…
MI: Condo Residents Victims Of Identity Theft
Residents living at a local apartment complex find themselves the victims of a nationwide identity theft scam. Many of the victims lost thousands of dollars before police froze their accounts. Police said a dozen residents of a Saline condo community, the Rolling Meadows Townhomes, have become victims of identity theft. Management sent out a warning…
ID thief who had Wells Fargo customer info sentenced
Jonah Hanneke Nelson was sentenced Thursday to 58 months in prison following a plea agreement to resolve ID theft and bank fraud charges mentioned previously on this site. As noted last year, when aw enforcement executed a search warrant on his home, they found the names and account numbers of 550 Wells Fargo bank customers. …
Scottish ministers told to “get a grip” on data security
Ben Borland of the Express reports on previously undisclosed breaches involving PII and/or PHI, but I note that BBC provides slightly different coverage. I’ve indicated the BBC’s statements in italics, below. More than 200 electronic items were stolen or lost in the first six months of the year, including PCs, laptops, phones and Blackberries. The…
NV: School District updates its records disposal procedure
Kudos to Tom Considine of “Who Complys” for increasing local awareness of the need for proper disposal of the student and employee records. Stephanie Carroll reports: The Churchill County School District announced Thursday the purchase of an industrial shredder to update their student record disposal procedures after accusations of illegal disposal. “I think our procedure…
NZ: University warns students on hacking
Jared Savage reports: University students have been warned to watch out for anyone trying to steal their identity after a computer server holding personal information was hacked. An email sent this week by Stephen Whiteside, at the University of Auckland, said unauthorised parties had accessed a single server holding information such as name, date of…