Julia reports: The half ton of recycled confetti provided to buildings lining the Canyon of Heroes in downtown Manhattan for the Yankees’ victory parade yesterday turned out not to be enough for some people to show their enthusiasm. Medical records, financial statements, pay stubs, law firm invoices and court records were found in the fifty…
Court: Surviving spouse is "personal representative"
Court opinion that the surviving spouse is a personal representative of the deceased for purposes of HIPAA. Alvista Healthcare Center v. Miller Supreme Court of Georgia Decided: November 2, 2009 CARLEY, Presiding Justice Mary Miller is the surviving spouse of Stanton Miller, who resided in a nursing care facility owned and operated by Alvista Healthcare…
MassMutual warns of data breach
Jaclyn Cashman reports: “MassMutual can confirm that, despite comprehensive procedures and diligent practices to protect confidential and private data concerning employees at MassMutual and several of its subsidiaries, a limited amount of personal employee information maintained in a database by an outside vendor (engaged by the company) may have been subject to unauthorized access. However,…
FSA condemns weak controls at UBS that allowed rogue traders to flourish
Michael Herman reports: The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has fined UBS £8 million for weak controls that allowed staff in its private bank to make thousands of unauthorised trades with clients’ money and then hide the losses. It is the third-largest fine awarded by the FSA. Four private bankers in UBS’s London office were able…
Chaminade posted Social Security numbers of thousands of students online
Chaminade University inadvertently posted confidential information, including Social Security numbers, of thousands of students, on its Web site for months, school officials said today. The posting of a report with the information was discovered Wednesday and the report was taken off the Web site and links disabled. An investigation determined the report was placed on…
Play.com hit by ordering glitch
Customers of Play.com have contacted the BBC to report problems with the online retailer’s ordering system. Many customers have received e-mails from Play.com reporting the despatch of an order they did not place. Those opening the orders found contact details, including names and addresses, for other Play.com customers. […] On some forums customers said they…