Brendon Tavelli writes: On January 5, 2010, Judge William Hibbler of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois became the latest federal district judge to share his views about whether an increased risk of future harm based on the inadvertent exposure of personal information is a legally cognizable harm. In Rowe v….
Data Privacy Day is January 28
Data Privacy Day is January 28, and there are more events this year than in past years, with some events starting on January 20. The Data Privacy Day Project lists a number of resources and events that you will want to know about. Many of the events have now been entered on this site’s privacy…
TX: Man gets 35-year sentence in ID theft
Jessica Langdon reports: A 31-year-old man faces a 35-year prison sentence in a case involving identity theft, a crime a prosecutor told the judge is one of the most destructive and personal crimes. Jurors in 30th District Court found David Lee Fairchild guilty in November of fraudulently possessing 10 pieces of others peoples’ identifying information….
NC: Wake School System Released Private Checking, Routing Number
David N. Bass reports: Leaders of a conservative parent group in Wake County are upset that the school system’s public information office released a copy of a personal check from one of its founding members that included her account number. Kristen Stocking, who serves on the Wake Community Schools Alliance’s steering committee, criticized officials for…
Detectives: Identity theft grows as problem in Visalia, Tulare
Eric Woomer reports: More than 70 percent of the property crime case-load for the Visalia Police Department involves identity theft, an increasing problem in the city and in Tulare. Detectives say identity thieves take advantage of people most often in five ways: Stolen mail Web crime Residential Theft Vehicle Thefts Wireless Crime Read more in…
Time employee fired for misusing customer data
On January 4, Time Inc. alerted the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office that a customer service employee in Florida may have misused customer credit card data provided by several customers as part of their calls to customer service. The employee was terminated, and Time reported the matter to law enforcement. On December 31, Time sent…