Posted: March 5th, 2009 | Author: Catherine | Filed under: Privacy / Security | Tags: data breach, encryption, identity theft, New York City, police, privacy, security | No Comments »
The New York City police will have a special interest in this data breach. It impacts upon them. Approximately eighty thousand (80,000) former and current members of the police department are at risk of identity theft:
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Posted: February 20th, 2009 | Author: Catherine | Filed under: Privacy / Security | Tags: data breach, identity theft, privacy, security, University of Florida | No Comments »
There was a security breach at the University of Florida. Files of over 97,000 people were compromised:
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Posted: February 16th, 2009 | Author: Catherine | Filed under: Privacy / Security | Tags: Canada, data base, privacy, security, United States | 1 Comment »
One of the weapons in controlling terrorism is the monitoring of border points. The United States has wanted data bases from the international community to check the foreign nationals entering the country. This includes travel from its northern neighbour, Canada.
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Posted: February 13th, 2009 | Author: Catherine | Filed under: Privacy / Security | Tags: Chris Pirillo, love, privacy, romance, security, software, suspicions | No Comments »
Valentine’s Day may bring thoughts of romance. It may also bring thoughts of spyware. It seems that suspicions of infidelity also trigger increased sales of spyware:
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Posted: February 4th, 2009 | Author: Catherine | Filed under: Privacy / Security | Tags: content, executive, google, privacy, security, trial, video | No Comments »
A trial in Italy of four Google executives has implications on internet security and privacy. This is a criminal trial, due to the nature of the video posted:
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Posted: January 26th, 2009 | Author: Catherine | Filed under: Privacy / Security | Tags: Chris Ogle, consequences, data breach, identity theft, military secrets, privacy, security | No Comments »
One would like to think that military secrets about operations in Afghanistan and Iraq would have the strictest security possible. Apparently, this is not the case:
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Posted: January 25th, 2009 | Author: Catherine | Filed under: Athletics, Privacy / Security | Tags: baseball, Joe Torre, New York Yankees, privacy, professional sports | No Comments »
Joe Torre, the former manager of the New York Yankees, has been mostly silent about the drama of the baseball team. That, however, is about to change. In his new book, Joe Torre slams his former team:
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Posted: January 23rd, 2009 | Author: Catherine | Filed under: Privacy / Security | Tags: credit cards, data breach, Heartland Payment Systems, identity theft, preventative measures, privacy, security | No Comments »
A security breach of historic magnitude may have exposed your credit card information. Millions and millions of confidential files have been compromised:
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Posted: January 21st, 2009 | Author: Catherine | Filed under: Privacy / Security | Tags: credit cards, data breach, hackers, Heartland Payment, identity theft, privacy, security | No Comments »
This could be historic. The dubious distinction is that this might be the largest security breach ever noted. There may be in excess of 100 million personal files compromised:
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Posted: January 16th, 2009 | Author: Catherine | Filed under: Privacy / Security | Tags: Barack Obama, daughters, open letter, privacy, security | No Comments »
One of the concerns that President-elect Obama and his wife have expressed is the smooth transition for their children into the national and international spotlight. The goal is to maintain as much normalcy as possible, in the light of heightened security and media interest. The presence of a Secret Service detail has become a fact of life for these two young girls. Privacy then becomes a challenge for two adolescents, growing up in the White House.
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