From BankInfoSecurity.com: A federal judicial panel will hear arguments next week on whether to consolidate the class action lawsuits brought against Heartland Payment Systems (HPY) by financial institutions. The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation in Louisville, KY will hear the arguments next Wednesday, according to Benjamin Johns, one of the lawyers representing the class action…
Toledo Navy office compromises recruits’ identities
NBC24 reports: They thought their personal information would be safe in the hands of the U.S. Navy, but dozens of sailors who signed up at a Toledo recruiting station are about to learn that their personal information was compromised. Now, their families are not happy with the Navy. The men volunteered to serve their country,…
UK: Leicester City Council breaches the Data Protection Act
From a press release (pdf) from the Information Commissioner’s Office, this follow-up to a breach initially reported in November 2008: Leicester City Council has signed a formal Undertaking outlining that it will endeavour to keep personal information secure in future. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) found Leicester City Council in breach of the Data Protection…
Pointer: Parents' Rights, Judges' Rules
In the battle between families and the courts over medical treatment for kids, who has the last word? Kate Dailey of Newsweek looks at the case of the Minnesota teen and similar cases.
Data with personal info missing from National Archives (updated)
The Associated Press reports that the National Archives has lost a computer hard drive containing personal information from the Clinton administration, including Social Security numbers and addresses. The missing drive also contains other sensitive information. Update: the missing drive reportedly contains: …. 1T of data with “more than 100,000 Social Security numbers (including Al Gore’s…
(update) IN: Computer Glitch Blamed For Credit Card Breach
As an update to a story reported previously here, The Indy Channel reports: A credit card company said Tuesday that a computer glitch caused more than a hundred people’s statements to be posted online last week. Constance Wilson, who lives in McCordsville, alerted CompuCredit after she logged in to pay her Aspire Visa card bill…