Personal information of almost 900 people was given to a public-housing resident [in Virginia] who requested a list of those who had been banned from Hampton Redevelopment and Housing Authority property. Hampton police and the housing authority maintain a list of people who have been banned by police from Section 8 and public-housing property in…
Big credit card breach in Japan
Alico Japan said Thursday that credit card data on possibly tens of thousands of its insurance policyholders had apparently leaked, resulting in massive fraudulent transactions. It said that up to 110,000 policyholders could be affected. Names of policyholders, their credit card numbers and the expiry dates of the cards were used to make fraudulent purchases…
U.S. Pays $20,000 to Settle Forced IUD Removal Case
A New Mexico woman who alleged a physician’s assistant at a health clinic expressed anti-abortion views while removing her IUD without her permission won a $20,000 settlement from the federal government, On Point has learned. Ashley Van Patten’s attorney provided On Point with the settlement agreement after the U.S. filed dismissal papers in court earlier…
Leahy reintroduces data breach bill
Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) has reintroduced a data breach bill that would set tougher rules for government agencies and private sector firms regarding consumers’ personal information. This will be the third time around the block for the Personal Data Privacy and Security Act, which has cleared the Judiciary Committee, but never come to…
Lawyer: Va. Tech gunman files taken inadvertently
The former counseling center director at Virginia Tech inadvertently took home the mental health records for the student gunman when he left his job there, the director’s attorney said Thursday. In a statement given to The Associated Press, attorney Ed McNelis said Dr. Robert Miller accidentally placed Seung-Hui Cho’s records in a box he packed…
Bits ‘n Pieces
In the justice system: Jane Wyatt-Scott, a former Island Packet of Hilton Head medical center worker, has been sentenced to two years in prison after admitting she opened a credit card in the company’s name and used it to buy personal items. More. Pamela Loizzo pleaded guilty to one count of identity theft and one…