Tag Archives: Consumer Protection

Worst-case projected cost of Epsilon breach: $4B

The ultimate fee for the data breach last month at email service provider Epsilon could reach as high as $4 billion, depending on what becomes of the data that was stolen, according to a cyber-risk advisory firm. ComputerWorld, May 1, … Continue reading

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Data breach is the Exxon Valdez of privacy

Last week’s Epsilon data breach is the Exxon Valdez of privacy. It is a wake-up call that it is time to reform our privacy infrastructure from the ground up, much as the Exxon Valdez oil spill of 1989 should have … Continue reading

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Honda Data Breach Highlights Need to Set Strong Cloud Security Policies (US)

In light of recent data breaches, including a December 2010 incident which affected 2.2 million Honda customers, IT managers need to limit what data is actually shared with cloud service providers…There are many benefits of the cloud, but “all that … Continue reading

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First, the electronic mortgage superhighway. Then, the pileup (US)

The problem that just won’t go away. An in-depth article about the breakdown of recordkeeping wrt the assignment and processing of home mortgages. Washington Post, January 2, 2011

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Police doctor left confidential documents at public bin (UK)

Dr Kameran Kader, a former surgeon at the Charles Cross Police Station in Plymouth was accused of misconduct after he left some 700 confidential documents ripped up by a bin in the Lidget Green area of Bradford. The discovered documents … Continue reading

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