Maine’s Bureau of Financial Institutions, a division of the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation, conducted the survey at the direction of the state legislature that revealed the costs of Maine’s banks and credit unions when responding to breaches…
Archive for the ‘Privacy and Compliance’ Category
Business Info Fact Of The Day: Banks In Maine Spent $2.1 Million Responding To Breaches In 2007 & 2008
Monday, January 12th, 2009Business Info Fact Of The Day: International Data Privacy Day Is January 28, 2009
Sunday, January 11th, 2009It is almost time, once more, for international Data Privacy Day; January 28, 2009!
Don’t just sit there; plan something to make your personnel, your family and friends, and/or your community more aware of privacy issues and concerns!
Here are a few ideas to get you started:
Business Info Fact Of The Day: American Express Most Trusted Company in 2008 for Privacy
Thursday, January 8th, 2009The results of the 5th annual Ponemon Institute – TRUSTe survey of Most Trusted Companies for Privacy showed the following companies to be the most trusted in the U.S.:
Business Info Fact Of The Day: American Express Most Trusted Company in 2008 for Privacy
Thursday, January 8th, 2009The results of the 5th annual Ponemon Institute – TRUSTe survey of Most Trusted Companies for Privacy showed the following companies to be the most trusted in the U.S.:
With New Year & New U.S. Administration, New Compliance Actions Projected
Wednesday, January 7th, 2009The lack of effective or consistent regulatory oversight over the past 8 years, much of which is blamed in large part for the current economic mess, means, at least to many soothsayers, that a new Obama administration will bring with it not only more aggressive compliance activities, but also a fresh round of new laws and regulations, many of which are anticipated to require much more audit logging, storage and retention, and more stringent access controls.
Business Info Fact Of The Day: Employees In Most Organizations Are Twittering
Tuesday, January 6th, 2009There were over 1.2 million Twitter users in December and the numbers of users are growing exponentially.
Surveillance: Iowa Support’s Wife’s Privacy Invasion Claim
Sunday, January 4th, 2009Privacy-related news in Iowa…and there seems to be a lot of it sometimes…is always of special interest to me. I often wonder how the same types of situations would play out in other states. Here’s an invasion of privacy case regarding in-home surveillance that is particularly interesting…
CORRECTION: Massachusetts Data Protection Law Takes Effect May 1, 2009
Saturday, January 3rd, 2009A big thank you to Brandon Dunlap and Brett Myers for catching an error I made in my January 1 post…
New Data Protection Laws Go Into Effect Today
Thursday, January 1st, 2009Happy New Year!
Several news laws go into effect today. Here are just a few of them…
HIPAA Violation: Medical Clinic Leaves Box With PHI On Public Dumpster
Tuesday, December 30th, 2008This summer I had planned to do a dumpster-diving project with my sons, but then the Iowa floods postponed those plans. However, after reading the following I’m motivated to plan to do this in the spring after basketball and G&T activities are finished for the winter…
