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Duke School of Law breach affects 3,200

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2007-12-06 11:37:20 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Law Victims Current and prospective Law School applicants Number Affected 3,200 1,400 in one database containing applicant data and some Social Security numbers, 1,800 in a second database containing applicant data and passwords used by applicants tracking their applications Types of Data Names, addresses, phone numbers, Social Security...
 
Tags: school, duke school, breach, security, comfyllama social security, complete, breach description, complete security scan, security breach
 
 
 
 
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Houston law firm threw confidential client information in the trash

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2008-07-17 14:59:25 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Law Firm Contractor/Consultant/Branch his wife Victims Clients Number Affected hundreds Types of Data personal financial records, documents with Social Security numbers, people's medical files and more Breach Description HOUSTON -- Harris County Sheriff's deputies uncovered hundreds of people's personal financial files that had been...
 
Tags: houston, weber, weber wishes, houston attorney, bankruptcy, khou-tv news, news, bankruptcy files, william weber
 
 
 
 
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Data security and breach legislation -- will a new year and a new Congress = a national law?

2007-03-07 00:00:00 by Shannon Kellogg in Speaking of Security, the RSA Blog and Podcast
 
...law are in place: the deluge of breaches of sensitive information that we witnessed in 2006 nationwide hasn't slowed down in 2007; more states have passed breach notification laws, with over three dozen now in place; and key Committee Chairmen in the Democrat-controlled U.S. Congress have either introduced legislation or announced this issue...
 
Tags: congress, national law, federal data security, simple answer, breach notification laws, answer, breach notification law, top priority, federal law
 
 
 
 
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A law suit waiting to happen.

2007-12-06 04:25:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
 
...law suits for not properly protecting their employees. As a security consultant, I am often asked to advise on ways to protect a client from such exposure. This process is called Risk Managment All of us can assume that we face some form of most of the time. A perfect example would be when driving your vehicle. We buy an insurance policy...
 
Tags: law, risk, risk management, fitness center, risk managment, management, center, apparently upper management, federal law
 
 
 
 
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Daniel Solove on the New FISA Law

2008-07-14 12:08:40 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...law holds you back, don't first go to Congress and try to work something out. Secretly violate that law, and then when you get caught, staunchly demand that Congress change the law to your liking and then immunize any company that might have illegally cooperated with you. That's the lesson. You spit in Congress's face, and they'll give you...
 
Tags: minimal legislative oversight, oversight, law, ensure accountability, accountability, minimal oversight, congress, accountability rarely, legislative
 
 
 
 
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Canadian law clinic files privacy complaint against Facebook

2008-05-30 00:00:00 by Grant Gross in Network World on Security
 
A Canadian university law clinic has filed a privacy complaint against Facebook, alleging that the social-networking site's policies include 22 separate violations of a Canadian privacy law
 
Tags: privacy complaint, canadian privacy law, policies include, facebook, violations, site, filed
 
 
 
 
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ICT Cmte: Thailands Cyber Law Compliance Seminar

2008-06-12 16:29:10 by Tim Bass in The Complex Event Processing Blog
 
...Law Compliance Seminar American Chamber of Commerce in Thailand Date & Time: 17-Jun-2008 Details : This month You are invited to attend a Computer Crime Act Compliance Seminar. Find out what the Thai Cyber Law requires, when it will start to be enforced and how you can comply. If your business or hotel offers Internet access to customers,...
 
Tags: ict cmte, american chamber, practical session, thailand, employees, month, time, users, comply
 
 
 
 
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ICT Cmte: Thailands Cyber Law Compliance Seminar

2008-06-12 16:29:10 by Tim Bass in The Complex Event Processing Blog
 
...Law Compliance Seminar American Chamber of Commerce in Thailand Date & Time: 17-Jun-2008 Details : This month You are invited to attend a Computer Crime Act Compliance Seminar. Find out what the Thai Cyber Law requires, when it will start to be enforced and how you can comply. If your business or hotel offers Internet access to customers,...
 
Tags: ict cmte, american chamber, practical session, thailand, employees, month, time, users, comply
 
 
 
 
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Swedes Massively Protest Wiretap Law

2008-07-07 21:50:03 by Editor in Digg / Security
 
In June the Swedish parliament passed a controversial surveillance law that gives authorities a mandate to read all email and listen in on all phone calls without warrant or court order. In response to the law, The Pirate Party organized rallies, bloggers and journalists turned into activists, and even Google decided to relocate their servers
 
Tags: law, controversial surveillance law, swedish parliament, phone calls, google, journalists, court, bloggers, email
 
 
 
 
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Sweden's snooping law faces European court challenge

2008-07-16 00:00:00 by HASH0x8473438 in Network World on Security
 
The debate over its recently approved snooping law continues to rage unabated in Sweden. Centrum för rättvisa (or Center for Justice), a Swedish public interest law organization, has lodged a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), it announced on Wednes