Information security analytics

InfoWatch analytic center reports, the ruling dismisses the appeal filed by the company to consider its contents "merely reproduces literally full and the facts contained in the application" without stating "the grounds on which the party bases its procedural posture against acts claims". The Supreme Court confirms a penalty of 361,208 euros on Iberia for losing passengers' personal data.

The Personal Data Protection Bill 2009 was passed by the Dewan Rakyat today without any “fireworks” as had been expected. Debate on it lasted less than three hours and was mainly focused on several issues, specifically credit reference agencies, in particular Credit Tip Off Sdn Bhd (CTOS), the time frame of data protection and the factor of implementation of the Act. Prior to this, there had been calls for the introduction of such an Act following controversies over the role of CTOS in relation to people’s creditworthiness.

Google, Yahoo, Microsoft's Bing, and other leading websites are leaking medical histories, family income, search queries, and massive amounts of other sensitive data that can be intercepted even when encrypted, computer scientists revealed in a new research paper.

Under a Washington law effective July 1, 2010, certain entities involved in payment card transactions may be liable to financial institutions for costs associated with reissuing payment cards after security breaches.

Orange accidentally shared the email addresses of more than 300 customers yesterday during a bid to find out what they think of the company. The email, passed on to us by several readers, suggests the recipient might like to reply with their thoughts about how customers keep in touch with the operator, along with any suggestions about how the service could be improved. Teaching staff the value of the BCC field might be a good start.

LONDON (Dow Jones)–A database containing contact details of tens of thousands of employees of Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSB) was passed to non-governmental organizations critical of the company and environmental groups that have targeted it in past protests, people familiar with the matter said Tuesday.

InfoWatch analytic lab reports, Britain has approached Germany to buy data stolen from a Swiss bank in an effort to discover details of accounts hidden in the country by potential UK tax evaders. Germany received approval on Thursday from government lawyers to purchase a disc from a Swiss informant containing up to 1,500 names of Swiss account holders, on the grounds that the evidence could be used to pursue tax evaders.

Valuable resource from Foley & Lardner and Eversheds Security Strategies Alert By M. E. Kabay, Network World January 25, 2010 12:00 AM ET Source Until recently, information assurance (IA) personnel and attorneys specializing in this area of the law have had to search for the appropriate governing laws for each jurisdiction.

A B.C. government employee under investigation for an alleged privacy breach is accused of e-mailing personal data about government clients to an American border guard in Washington state. Government sources confirmed Friday that the employee, who works from the Lower Mainland for the Ministry of Housing and Social Assistance, allegedly used her government e-mail to send confidential data to the personal e-mail account of the border guard. She also is accused of copying the data to her own personal e-mail account during the transactions, said sources.

Dec. 13 (Bloomberg) -- The data stolen from HSBC Holdings Plc’s private bank in Geneva includes information on 130,000 clients from around the world, Le Journal du Dimanche reported, citing Eric de Montgolfier, chief prosecutor in Nice, France.