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Press release: “In a major policy address on the challenges of privacy in our increasingly data driven world, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton called for a comprehensive privacy agenda: a Privacy Bill of Rights that secures the interests of consumers; stronger, better enforced protection for medical privacy and a new national security consensus setting out clear …
Follow-up to recent postings VA ID theft and the continuous reports on government and corporate enterprise data breaches, see this Gartner press release: Gartner Says Rash of Personal Data Thefts Shows Social Security Numbers Can No Longer Be Sole Proof of Identity for Enterprises. According to Gartner VP Avivah Litan, “Companies should not rely on …
Related to previous postings on the recent breach of Veterans’ data that was the focus of press and Congressional scrutiny, from GAO today, this report – Veterans Affairs: Leadership Needed to Address Information Security Weaknesses and Privacy Issues, full-text GAO-06-866T, and Highlights, June 14, 2006. From the report: “For many years, significant concerns have been …
WSJ free feature: Seeking a Safer Internet – New Tools Flag Sites With Spyware, Spam – But the Technology Is Far From Perfect
Press release, June 9, 2006: “Governor George E. Pataki today signed three bills [Security Freeze Law, Disposal of Personal Records Law, Anti-Phishing Act of 2006] that will further protect New York’s consumers and their privacy. These bills will allow consumers to proactively defend themselves against identity thieves, require businesses to properly discard documents and records …
Government Reform Committee Oversight Hearing, “Once More Into the Data Breach: The Security of Personal Information at Federal Agencies,” June 8, 2006. “The data loss at VA is the largest by a federal agency to date, and the latest in a long string of personal information breaches in the public and private sectors, including financial …
Indiana House House Bill 1101 (HB 1101) which takes effect July 1, will “require disclosure of security breaches and encryption of data by companies holding customers’ and clients’ personal identification information in computer databases if it could cause identity theft, identity deception, or fraud.” Press release from Indiana Attorney General Steve Carter, May 31, 2006: …
Follow-up to postings on breach of veterans data, this press release from Sen. Patrick Leahy comments on the announcement that “the Social Security numbers and other personal information for as many as 2.2 million U.S. military personnel including nearly 80 percent of our active-duty force — were among the data the VA has lost.” …
Press release, May 31, 2006: “Gov. Lynch today signed Senate Bill 334, which will allows victims of identity theft to ask their credit reporting agency for a “credit freeze.” Once they do, their credit reports cannot be forwarded without their consent or involvement, which will help prevent identity thieves from using people’s good credit against …
Another follow-up to postings and resources for veterans impacted by recent data breach: “The FTC is advising veterans and their families to keep a close hold on their credit card numbers, bank account information, Social Security numbers, passwords, and other sensitive personal information. One technique scammers use to get this information is phishing: they send …
Follow-up to postings and resources for veterans impacted by recent data breach, this press release (includes text of letter to HHS): “Thirty organizations participating in the Consumer Coalition for Health Privacy yesterday asked U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt to undertake a compliance review of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs …
Press release: “A new cyber security study released today highlights the difference between perception and reality of consumers’ awareness of online scams and their actual online behavior. While 87 percent of consumers polled said they were confident they could recognize fraudulent e-mails, 61 percent failed to identify a legitimate e-mail. Most respondents categorized all e-mails …
