Aasma Day reports: A security probe has been launched after a memory stick containing details of more than 6,000 prisoners was lost – with the password attached to it. The USB data stick was lost by a health worker at Preston prison. All 6,360 patients are, or have been, a prisoner at Her Majesty’s Prison…
GU: Pair Arrested On Federal Identity Theft Charge
Kevin Kerrigan reports: Federal officials say two arrests have been made in an identity theft case. U-S Attorney Lenny Rapadis has announced that Benedict L. Cruz and Melissa J. Quitugua have been arrested and arraigned on Federal charges of fraudulently obtaining more than 73-thousand dollars through the unauthorized use of credit cards and committing identity…
Media groups want Neb. cemetery records released
An update on a court case we’ve been covering on this and related sites: Several media organizations on Thursday joined a Nebraska historical society’s fight to obtain the names of 957 people buried in unmarked graves at a former psychiatric hospital cemetery. The organizations filed a “friend of the court” brief supporting a lawsuit filed…
CVS Caremark's Privacy Practices, Conflicts of Interest Subject of D.C. City Council Hearing
Received this press release by e-mail from Change to Win: On Friday, Jan. 9 at 10:00 A.M., D.C. Councilmember David Catania will chair a hearing of the NAME to look into how CVS Caremark’s practices regarding patient privacy could be impacting D.C. consumers and other questionable practices by the retail drug giant. The hearings…
Ca: Vaughan mayor wants to re-open e-mail snooping report
Caroline Grech reports: A report looking into how Mayor Linda Jackson’s e-mails ended up on the doorstep of former Mayor Michael Di Biase’s doorstep during the heated 2006 municipal election campaign has finally been made public. The report, obtained by the Vaughan Citizen, concluded the hacking of Ms Jackson’s e-mail was not due to an…
UK: BSI proposes new data protection standard
Phil Muncaster reports: Standards body BSI British Standards has invited the public to submit their comments on a new draft standard designed to help firms comply with the Data Protection Act. The DPC BS 10012, which was devised by a group of experts from academia, government and industry, applies to any organisation which holds the…