Posts Tagged ‘privacy policy’

Potty Pics Poo-Poo Privacy

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

This is a sad example of how others take it upon themselves to invade the privacy of others and don’t understand that they’re doing anything wrong…

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U.S. DoD Workers Give Military Secrets To China

Monday, February 11th, 2008

Here are two more insider threat incident examples to put into your files and use within your information security and privacy training curriculum and awareness communications:

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Blog Info OK’d To Use To Make Medical Insurance Coverage Decision

Monday, February 11th, 2008

Hopefully most people know by now that whatever you post on the Internet is not private, and that basically anyone can read it. Hopefully most people know by now that it is a growing trend for employers to use information they find on the Internet in their hiring and firing decisions.
Well, it appears the information found on the Internet can now be used by insurers to make decisions about to whom they will and will not provide insurance.

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New Information Technology Crime Law in Saudi Arabia

Saturday, February 9th, 2008

Here’s an interesting new law in Saudi Arabia…

New Law to Combat Information Technology Crimes

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Two Types Of Young Hackers

Friday, February 8th, 2008

Here’s an interesting juxtaposition of hacker-related news articles…
When scanning today’s news I saw the headline, “Teen Is World’s Youngest ‘Ethical Hacker’

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More Info Security & Privacy Education Will Reduce The Numbers Of Incidents

Thursday, February 7th, 2008

Here’s a good article for all information security and privacy pros to read and show their business leaders. If nothing else show them the last paragraph:

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Today Google Provides Another Path For Data Leakage

Thursday, February 7th, 2008

Here’s one more thing for IT, Information Security and Privacy folks to put on their list of things to worry about…

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Did You Know February 12 is “Safer Internet Day”?

Wednesday, February 6th, 2008

I got a nice message from Brian Honan yesterday letting me know that February 12 is “Safer Internet Day,” or SID for short; (Thanks Brian!)

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Encryption So Easy Even A Terrorist Can Use It

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

It seems all business leaders would understand by now, after literally thousands of privacy incidents in recent years, that they need to encrypt personally identifiable information (PII) stored on mobile computers and mobile storage devices, and when sending PII through networks.
Even the bad guys understand this.

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FBI Plans to Catalog Everyone’s Physical Characteristics, and Bush Does Away With Privacy Oversight Board

Monday, February 4th, 2008

Here’s something scary…
I just saw a new CNN report that made me go, “Huh?!”
FBI wants palm prints, eye scans, tattoo mapping

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