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Announced January, 13, 2007 - North Carolina Dept of Revenue "30,000 Records...
Portable Data Breach - Laptop Stolen w/ Unencrypted DataNC Dept of RevenueState AgencyRaleigh, NCGoverning Privacy Law or Rule - North Carolina Identity Theft Protection ActA laptop computer containing...
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Announced January, 17, 2007 - Diablo Municipal Water District "500 Records...
Unencrypted Private Data - Stolen Computer BreachDiablo Municipal Water DistrictGovernment AgencySan Marcos, CAGoverning Privacy Law or Rule - California Senate Bill SB1386The credit-card numbers of...
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Announced January, 17, 2007 - Fitchburg Savings Bank "1300+ Records Breached"
Network Computer BreachFitchburg Savings BankBusinessBoston, MAGoverning Privacy Law or Rule - GLBA, State LawsAbout 1,300 debit-ATM cards issued by Fitchburg Savings Bank were deactivated yesterday...
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Commentary - Secure the Data Already - AGAIN!
Your private data is everywhere. Your identity is valuable and if it is compromised, the economic, emotional and even physical damage can almost never be reversed.With every purchase you make online,...
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TJX Companies, Inc. "Unknown Amount of Records Breached"
Announced January 17, 2006Computer Network Breach - "Unknown Amount of Records"TJX Companies, Inc.Retail (T.J. Maxx, Marshalls, HomeGoods and A.J. Wright stores)Framingham, MAGoverning Privacy Law or...
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CIBC Asset Management - 470,000 Records Breached
Announced January 18th, 2007Computer TheftCIBC Subsidiary - Talvest Mutual FundsMontreal, QuebecGoverning Privacy Law or Rule - Provincial and Canadian Government Privacy LawsSource: SINCLAIR...
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Massachusetts Bankers Association Responds to TJX Companies Data Breach -...
Announced January 18th, 2007Data Breach UPDATE - TJX Companies20+ Million Records Breached--Editors Note--The actual depth and breadth of the TJX breach is now becoming fully known - piecemeal. While...
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How to Make a Name for Your Company with Stupid Data Tricks
Announced January 18th, 2007Data Breach UPDATE - TJX Companies20+ Million Records BreachedGoverning Privacy Law or Rule - PCI-DSS, State Laws, Federal Wire FraudHow to make a name for your company -...
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Greenville, SC School District - 1000 Teachers and 100,000 Students Records...
Announced January 20th, 2007Greenville, SC School District1000 Employees and 100,000 StudentsSchool district leaves personnel records behind during renovationsGoverning Privacy Law or Rule - State...
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Xerox Employees Data on Stolen Laptop - 297 Employees
Announced January 23rd, 2007Xerox - Willsonville, OR297 Employees Personal DataGoverning Privacy Law or Rule - HIPAA, State LawsWILSONVILLE -- Some employees at a local Xerox plant are worried about...
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Salina Regional Health Center - 1,100 Patients
Announced January 24th, 2007Portable Data Theft - Stolen LaptopSalina Regional Health Center1,100 Patients Personal Data and Medical HistoryGoverning Privacy Law or Rule - HIPAA, State LawsPatients'...
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TJX security breach aftermath: a case study in what to do wrong
Retailer needs to disclose more information before it is forced toSource - Network World'Net Insider By Scott Bradner, Network World, 01/29/07Late last week I wrote about what retailer TJX had done...
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Lawsuit Filed Against TJX
Consumers of T.J. Maxx, Marshalls, HomeGoods, and A.J. Wright Bring Class Action Suit for Loss of Credit Card Data; Filed by Berger & Montague, PC and Stern Shapiro Weissberg & Garin, LLPPosted...
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Lawsuit filed against TJX - Company Director Resigns
By Bob Kievra TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFFFRAMINGHAM – A class action lawsuit was filed yesterday in U.S. District Court in Boston against the TJX Cos., the same day the discount retailer confronting a...
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Veterans Administration Loses Data AGAIN - Undisclosed Records Lost
Announced January 22nd, 2007Portable Data Breach - Stolen LaptopDepartment of Veterans Affairs (AGAIN!)By JOSH FARLEY, jfarley@kitsapsun.comJanuary 22, 2007BREMERTON, WAA locked car that had folders of...
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Vermont State Computer Breach - 70,000 Records Illegally Disclosed
Announced January 30th, 2007Network Security Breach - Unencrypted DataVermont State Government70,000 Records - Bank Records, Social Security Numbers, Personal InformationGoverning Privacy Law or Rule -...
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TJX Hit with Second Class Action Lawsuit - FINALLY someone is being held...
Bank files class-action lawsuit against retailerWASHINGTON -- TJX has been hit with a second class-action lawsuit over the theft of customer credit card data by computer hackers.The Boston Globe...
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Workers Compensation Database Stolen - 1200 Records
Announced January 30th, 2007Network Security Breach - Unencrypted DataWorkers comp data stolen1,200 RecordsWorkers Compensation Database StolenA former state contractor allegedly accessed a workers'...
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Missing Veterans Affairs hard drive sparks identity theft fears
Announced February 2nd, 2007Portable Hard Drive Theft - Portable Data Breach - Unencrypted DataMedical Data and Personal Identifying Data48,000+ RecordsVeterans (Current and Former?) Data Stolen...
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Commentary on VA Loss - Arrogance and Stupidity Redux
By James ChildersCEO Artemis Solutions GroupIntelligent Biometric Solutions, iQBioFebruary 3rd, 2006Once again the pervasive culture of hubris, arrogance, recklessness and self-serving glad-handing at...
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Update on Veterans Affairs Hard Drive - The information is trickling out AGAIN.
Notice the timing of the Press ReleaseHard drive that may contain personal data on veterans missing in Birmingham, Ala. ASSOCIATED PRESS - 9:12 p.m. February 2, 2007WASHINGTON – A portable hard drive...
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Thief Steals Tax Records for Identity Fraud
Announced February 3rd, 2007Computer Data Theft - Data Breach - Unencrypted DataFinancial Data800 RecordsGoverning Privacy Law or Rule - GLBA, State LawsReporter: Kari Huston - www.wndu.comThief Steals...
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Update for Small Accountancy Firms and Tax Preparers - GLBA
Congress passed sweeping legislation in 1999 to require "financial institutions" to protect their customers data. While traditional tax preparers aren't considered financial institutions, they do...
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Update on Missing VA Hard Drive - The Plot Thickens...
It appears now that this "missing hard drive" was stolen from a VA FACILITY. This is in sharp contrast to last years missing-at-home scenario. This means that the drive walked out of a secure...
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VA Data Breach is NATIONWIDE - VA UPdates to 1.85Million the Number of Lost...
Just like last time, the information slowly trickles out about the breach at the Veterans Administration. Again, just as in the last case, they have made and will continue to make "revisions" to the...
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