Day archives: July 21st, 2007

Personal Health Data Processed by DOD Contractor Compromised By Internet Security Failure

Press release: “Personal information of certain uniformed service members, family members and others was placed at risk for potential compromise while being processed by SAIC under several health care data contracts for military service customers, the company said today. SAIC remedied the security lapses upon learning of them and began working with the customers to …

Subjects: E-Records, Government Documents, Privacy

Surveillance Equipment Provider "Chipping" Employees

AP: “CityWatcher.com, a provider of surveillance equipment, attracted little notice itself – until a year ago, when two of its employees had glass-encapsulated microchips with miniature antennas embedded in their forearms. The “chipping” of two workers with RFIDs – radio frequency identification tags as long as two grains of rice, as thick as a toothpick …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Privacy

AARP Automatic 401(k) Overview for Employers

Automatic 401(k) Overview for Employers – A Survey of Companies with 500 to 5,000 Employees, 2007 (33 pages, PDF): Awareness and Attitudes About Automatic 401(k) Plans Enhancing 401(k) Value and Participation Key Benefits of an Automatic 401(k) A Systematic Approach to Automatic 401(k) Automatic 401(k) Implementation Costs Snapshots of Companies with Automatic 401(k)s Alon USA …

Subjects: Government Documents