privacy

The laptop may cost a thousand dollars - perhaps two thousand dollars. The lost data on the laptop could cost the state of Oklahoma millions of dollars. One million people in Oklahoma are at risk of identity theft:
“The Oklahoma Department of Human Services (DHS) is notifying more than one million state residents that [...]

Andrew Bynum, the injured L.A. Lakers center, is generating loads of criticism because he visited the Playboy Mansion during his injury rehabilitation. To make it worse, there are pictures flooding the print media and internet with Andrew Bynum and a Playboy Playmate:
“…Wearing a green smoking jacket and slippers, Bynum, whose injury status is generating [...]

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:
“…According to local media reports, a man has been arrested and charged with illegally entering a [...]

There was a security breach at the University of Florida. Files of over 97,000 people were compromised:
“…The files included the names and Social Security numbers of students, faculty and staff who used the “Grove” computer system between 1996 and 2009.”
link: University of Florida reports computer breach
It is certainly a legitimate question to ask [...]

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.
It seems that Canada has concerns about the privacy and security of [...]

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:
“…Private investigators agree. “Valentine’s Day is a day of lovers, and sometimes the lover is not a spouse,” says Jimmie Mesis, editor of PI magazine. That’s why, he [...]

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:
“…Prosecutors in Milan charge that the Google officials violated Italian privacy laws by allowing the posting of a cellphone video in 2006 that showed four youths taunting [...]

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:
“…Chris Ogle, 29, paid $15 for the player and when he plugged it into his computer he found 60 pages of military data, Television One News said.
The files contained [...]

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:
“…In an explosive new book called “The Yankee Years,” Torre gets most personal in his attacks against [...]

A security breach of historic magnitude may have exposed your credit card information. Millions and millions of confidential files have been compromised:
“…On Tuesday, with all eyes on the inauguration, Heartland Payment Systems, a company that processes 100 million credit card transactions for 1750,000 merchants every month, announced that its computer system was hacked. Last [...]