Using Facebook To Serve Lien Notices

February 13th, 2009

I just ran across this article while doing some research, and it made me go, “Whoa!”…

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Use This RBS Worldpay News Report For Training

February 5th, 2009

On November 8, 2008 more than 130 ATM machines in 49 cities throughout the world were hit by a group of cybercriminals during a 30-minute period.

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New Report Finds HIPAA Privacy Rule Is Ineffective As Written

February 4th, 2009

Today the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released a report, “Beyond the HIPAA Privacy Rule: Enhancing Privacy, Improving Health Through Research“…

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Surveillance: I Spy With My Little Eye Some Potlikker Pie

February 3rd, 2009

Do any of you really think that there is a single place on earth that cannot be looked down upon from satellites too high in the sky to see with the naked eye? Google continues their march to know all and see all…

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Txt Phishing (Vishing) In Iowa: MetaBank NOT Calling!

February 2nd, 2009

Boy, all throughout the day I heard on the radio, and it was all over the noon and evening news, that Iowa customers of MetaBank were receiving text messages on their phones to call MetaBank about unusual activity in their account…

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Don’t Be A Dodo; Follow Privacy Requirements!

February 2nd, 2009

I just ran across a privacy law non-compliance fine news report from Australia that was published October 22, 2008…

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Revisiting Google Streetview

January 29th, 2009

A few months ago I blogged about some of the privacy issues related to Google streetview here and here.
I just noticed that Google has a nice, short video on YouTube that explains how to get images removed from Google streetview…

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Happy Data Privacy Day!

January 28th, 2009

So, what are you doing to raise awareness about privacy issues today?
I’m sending various awareness communications to several mailing lists and online groups I belong to. Here’s the message I sent to my school parents’ mailing list…

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Iowa Takes Compliance Very Seriously…

January 27th, 2009

Woman Jailed for Overdue Book

Iowa Takes Compliance Very Seriously…

January 27th, 2009

Woman Jailed for Overdue Book