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New York bill would require consent before sharing consumer info and mandate data inspection and correction opportunities
Posted on February 3rd, 2011 No commentsA bill is pending in the New York State Assembly that would require a wide variety of online businesses to obtain consent before sharing consumer personal information with third parties. The bill (A.1324) also would require online businesses to permit consumers to inspect and correct errors in their personal information. The scope of the bill’…
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State says disks containing personal information are missing
Posted on January 27th, 2011 No commentsComputer disks belonging to the state Division of Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing may have been accidentally discarded, and state officials are warning clients that the missing disks may include some of their personal information.
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Is it time for a national data breach notification law?
Posted on November 13th, 2009 No commentsLawmakers are again considering legislation that would create federal requirements for notifying people when their personal data is compromised.
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800,000 Doctors Warned About Stolen Personal Information
Posted on October 15th, 2009 No commentsThe Blue Cross Blue and Blue Shield Association is warning about 800,000 doctors (nearly every practicing physician in the country) that a laptop containing some of their personal information was stolen, the Chicago Tribune reports.
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UNC Latest College to Unveil Data Breach
Posted on October 5th, 2009 No commentsThe University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill this week began notifying the participants in a federally funded mammography study that their personal information may have been breached.
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College students should beware of easy credit
Posted on September 4th, 2009 No commentsStudents also need to be careful with their personal information because identity theft happens on college campuses too.
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