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Data Breach
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HIPAA & Health Information Technology
Security Breach Affects Private Information of Over 800,000 Individuals
Information technology and processing vendor SAIC recently announced on its website www.saic.com that a data security beach placed protected information of about 867,000 individuals at risk for compromise. SAIC (Science…
HIPAA & Health Information Technology
State Laws Require Notification of Data Breaches
The media loves to report horror stories about privacy breaches that result in voluminous amounts of private health information being disclosed. There were numerous reports of privacy breaches in 2006 and there…
The Retirement Plan Blog
Another laptop theft. This time personal data on 160,000 current and former Neiman Marcus employees
By Jerry Kalish
All too often we hear about another laptop stolen with sensitive information on it. And all too often it's personal data about employees. The latest is the retailing giant Neiman…
The Retirement Plan Blog
The British equivalent of chutzpah
By Jerry Kalish
Chutzpah, derived from the Yiddish, is the quality of audacity for good or for bad. For the bad in the case at hand. And "case" it is. Someone stole 3…
Privacy and Security Law Blog
PrivSec News Briefing
Posted by DWT No End in Sight: Data Breach Tally Approaches 100 Million (9/25/06 - ETC News) The total number of records containing sensitive personal information involved in security breaches…
Media Law Prof Blog
Two Newspapers Mistakenly Release Customer Info
Two newspapers owned by the New York Times Company sent out subscriber information including credit card numbers with copies of the papers over the weekend. The information was written on…
Contemporary Intellectual Property, Licensing & Information Law
Security breach notice laws: evidence?
“Data security” is a new mantra with many faces. One face involves “security breach notice” laws now in over fifteen states and being considered by Congress. We need to pause…