“International Security Breach Notification Survey” is a new resource prepared by Foley & Larnder LLP and Eversheds LLP, November 2009. The report summarizes and compares the laws in various countries in tabular format, with comparisons based on: Notice Requirements (to who – (i)individual and (ii)regulator?), Timing of Disclosure (does it have to be done in…
B.C. Insurance Council concerned about confidentiality breaches
The Insurance Council of British Columbia, which licenses and regulates the province’s insurance agents, salespersons and adjusters, says it is concerned about the number of breaches in confidentiality it has encountered over the last 12 to 18 months. “Licensees handle and have access to a large amount of confidential information and their clients depend upon…
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust to improve data security
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust has pledged to improve the security of patients’ personal information after the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) found it in breach of the Data Protection Act. The ICO was provided with a report from the Director of ICT regarding the theft of a laptop computer from the Audiology Department. The…
Four indicted for RBS WorldPay hack
Sergei Tsurikov, 25, of Tallinn, Estonia; Viktor Pleshchuk, 28, of St. Petersburg, Russia; Oleg Covelin, 28, of Chisinau, Moldova; and a person known only as “Hacker 3;” have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Atlanta, Ga., on charges of hacking into a computer network operated by the Atlanta-based credit card processing company RBS…
Two plead guilty in WaMu skimming operation
Romulus Bacian, 40, and Marius Enache Csapay, 45, both of Romania, pleaded guilty today to their roles in a conspiracy to steal ATM/debit card account information from hundreds of Washington Mutual customers using “skimming” equipment they illegally affixed to ATMs around the metro Atlanta area. According to various sources: beginning in the fall of 2007…
Heartland revises results for third quarter due to breach costs
Breach costs force a revision in estimates. From their press release: …. subsequent to the release of its earnings for the third quarter on November 3, 2009, Heartland engaged in settlement discussions that resulted in an increase in settlement offers made to certain claimants in an attempt to resolve certain of the claims asserted against…