The differences throughout the world with which personally identifiable information (PII) privacy breaches are penalized is always interesting to me.
Today it was reported that the
Archive for the ‘Information Security’ Category
Punitive Actions Pursued Against Professor in Japan Who Had PII About 8,800 on Disk That Was Stolen
Thursday, March 1st, 2007RINBOT/DELBOT Virus Running Rampant In the Wild: Exploits Anti-Virus Software Vulnerabilities Allowing Access to Business Networks
Thursday, March 1st, 2007U.S. Federal CIOs More Concerned About Information Security and Privacy Than In the Past
Wednesday, February 28th, 2007Monday (2/26) the ITAA issued a press release reporting the resuults of a survey of 47 government CIOs.
They found that:
Exploring Identity Verification Solutions and Identity Theft Prevention
Friday, February 23rd, 2007Audit Reveals Poor Computer & Data Disposal Practices At Idaho National Laboratory
Thursday, February 22nd, 2007Yesterday Government Computer News reported bad computer disposal methods at the Idaho National Laboratory that leaves confidential and restricted data, including nuclear details, vulnerable.
Free Access, For a Limited Time, to Great Information Security, Privacy and Compliance Information
Wednesday, February 21st, 2007For a limited time you can get free access to a ton of great EDPACS papers.
Laptop Theft: Financial Company Given $1.9 Million Penalty Following Incident for Inadequate Security Program
Tuesday, February 20th, 2007For the first time, the United Kingdom financial regulators, the U.K. Financial Services Authority (FSA), gave a financial institution, the Nationwide Building Society, the U.K.’s largest “building society” (a member-owned mortgage lending and banking services institution) a penalty for poor data security, issuing a ¬£980,000 ($1.9 million) fine based on their response to the 2006 theft of a laptop computer containing sensitive customer data according to a February 14 notice from the FSA.
Identity Theft: Fraudulent Use of the CVC
Monday, February 19th, 2007VA Suspends Medical Research Following Most Recent Breach Until Security Certification Is Obtained
Sunday, February 18th, 2007Saturday, 2/17/07, it was widely reported that the U.S. Veterans Affairs (VA) was suspending “activities at seven specialized research centers across the country after an unprotected computer hard drive disappeared from one of the facilities in Alabama last month.”
VA Suspends Medical Research Following Most Recent Breach Until Security Certification Is Obtained
Sunday, February 18th, 2007Saturday, 2/17/07, it was widely reported that the U.S. Veterans Affairs (VA) was suspending “activities at seven specialized research centers across the country after an unprotected computer hard drive disappeared from one of the facilities in Alabama last month.”
