Keeping Families Together Matters - Huffington Post (blog)

The goal of Keeping Families Together is to keep children safe with their families by providing permanent housing plus case management and support. This combination is critical for families who have trouble meeting their children's basic needs and have ...

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Mobile vulnerabilities increased by 93% - Help Net Security

In addition, the report highlights that advanced targeted attacks are spreading to organizations of all sizes and variety of personnel, data breaches are increasing, and that attackers are focusing on mobile threats. Symantec blocked more than 5.5 ...

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Google 'knew of Street View data breaches', FCC report finds - Metro

Google was aware of the interception of data from unsecured Wi-Fi networks by a Street View engineer years before it became public knowledge, a report by the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has found. A heavily-redacted version of the FCC ...

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Health board fined for data breach - The Press Association

A Welsh health board has become the first NHS organisation to be fined following a "serious breach" of the Data Protection Act, The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has said. The privacy watchdog confirmed the Aneurin Bevan Health Board (ABHB) ...

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NZ MP 'hid Dotcom donations' - Herald Sun

The German internet tycoon, who faces extradition to the US for allegedly masterminding massive online piracy, told the New Zealand Herald he donated $NZ50,000 ($39300) to ACT Party leader John Banks in 2010. Mr Dotcom, 38, said Mr Banks asked him to ...

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House to hold vote on Arizona anti-stalking bill - MyFox Phoenix

PHOENIX (AP) - Lawmakers will consider a revised Arizona anti-stalking bill that had riled social media users for making it criminal to annoy or offend someone online. The Arizona House is scheduled Monday to hold a final vote on a proposal updating ...

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One data breach a week: Australia - Sydney Morning Herald

Business told to prepare for more data breaches. The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner was notified of 56 data breaches in the last financial year, up from 44 the previous year. The Privacy Commissioner, Timothy Pilgrim, also opened a ...

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Kim Dotcom in New Zealand political donation row - AFP

The German Internet tycoon, who faces extradition to the United States for allegedly masterminding massive online piracy, told the New Zealand Herald he donated NZ$50000 ($41000) to ACT Party leader John Banks in 2010. Dotcom, 38, said Banks asked him ...

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Verdict delayed in Thai internet provider charged with insulting monarchy - Radio Australia

Today, the Bangkok Criminal Court was due to issue a verdict on charges of insulting the monarchy against Chiranuch Premchaiporn, the web-board manager of the online news portal Prachatai. She was arrested in March during the crackdown initiated by ...

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OUR OPINION: Keep focus on child safety on farms - Grand Forks Herald

Last week, the Obama administration wisely backed off its proposal to keep farm children off of tractors and out of barns. Farm groups and many others rejoiced, but there were those who were dismayed: 'Child labor groups say they are stunned and ...

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It takes a village to keep kids safe on prom night - Park Record

Parents, talk to kids about prom-night concerns
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Chiranuch's LM verdict tomorrow - Bangkok Post

The verdict in lese majeste and computer crimes charges against Prachatai webmaster Chiranuch Premchaiporn will be read on Monday in the Bangkok Criminal Court under heavy international scrutiny because of the implications for internet service ...

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Business Briefs - Worcester Telegram

Massachusetts Reports On Data Breaches For 2007-2011
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Peer-to-penalty: Six-year music sharing trial ends in €880 fine - RT

Web users see a different point to the story. P2P sharing is illegal, and can bring criminal procescution - but what about public services like YouTube? To showcase the inconsistency, Nelson Cruz, a contributor to the PCManias online magazine, ...

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Preparation and prevention key to keeping kids safe - PennLive.com

Here are the top causes of unintentional death and injuries in children under the age of 14 in Pennsylvania as identified by Safe Kids Pennsylvania, and steps parents and caregivers can take to keep kids safe. It's probably no surprise that motor ...

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Analysis: Data security - the 93 per cent solution - Computing

These were among the headline findings of the biennial government-sponsored Information security breaches survey report from PwC and the Department of Business, Innovation and Science, released at the Infosecurity Europe conference in London late last ...

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Six fines issued for data breaches - Belfast Telegraph

Six public bodies were fined over personal data security breaches in the last year despite hundreds of reported cases, a report has said. One of the biggest penalties went to Midlothian Council as it was fined £140000 for sending details on children ...

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The hard drives most likely to expose your data aren't your own - Ars Technica

By Casey Johnston | Published April 27, 2012 10:57 AM Hard drives that provide prime material for identity theft are more likely to come from a company for which you are an employee or client than from your own computer, according to a study released ...

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July theft of computer with Fairview patient data wasn't the first, Minnesota ... - Pioneer Press

By Christopher Snowbeck When a laptop computer was stolen last summer from the locked car of an Accretive Health employee, it wasn't the first time. In June 2010, another employee at Accretive - a Chicago-based consultant hired by the Fairview health ...

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My apology: Many readers regret school-age mistakes, see forgiveness - OregonLive.com

In 1998, I found out my wife was cheating on me. It drove me into such an angry rage I nearly killed all three of us (her, him and myself). Until that point I never realized how angry I could be or what that type of rage could do.

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Seen At 11: The New Face Of Divorce - CBS Local

Cheating isn't the only offshoot of social media misuse, Johnson reported. A woman who wished to remain anonymous told Johnson she was shocked to find her husband had been writing derogatory and threatening comments about her on his Facebook page.

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Close eye kept on capsule makers - China Daily

Dong Jinshi, a food safety expert, said edible gelatin must meet more than 20 standards pertaining to its content of heavy metals and other elements before it can be used in food, while inedible gelatin must only meet five standards before it can be ...

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Will 'emoticon defense' disprove cyberbullying? - Columbus Dispatch

A web-only, 7-day subscription is just $6.49/week (billed monthly). Subscribe today! By Charles Wilson Associated Press Friday April 27, 2012 2:28 PM Even if three Indiana girls were just kidding around and used emoticons and LOLs when they discussed ...

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Gresham takes one from Rams - Gresham Outlook

Readers are solely responsible for the content of the comments they post here. Comments are subject to the site's terms and conditions of use and do not necessarily reflect the opinion or approval of The Gresham Outlook. • Only a comment submitted with ...

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Why an open platform for free expression is so vital - Telegraph.co.uk

More than two billion people are active online today, and any one of them can publish their ideas that can be discovered and consumed by anyone else. More information generally translates into more choice, and ultimately more power for the individual, ...

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Study by SAFE KIDS shows frequency of sports injuries requiring medical treatment - KY3

Three out of 10 kids think that good players should keep playing even when they're hurt, unless a coach or adult makes them stop. While parents rely on coaches for the safety of their young athletes, only 2 in 5 parents know how much sports safety ...

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One in ten hard drives sold still contain personal information - Computer Business Review

Around 34000 files containing personal or corporate data were recovered from the devices. Two of the devices studied contained enough information for identity theft, while several others contained employee health and financial information from ...

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New Worries About Healthcare Data Breaches from Debt Collectors - HealthTechZone

Other data breaches have occurred all over the country, but most have come from hospital workers' carelessness. Now the public has debt collector breaches to worry about. As the NYT story reports, a little-known practice of hospital companies embedding ...

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Health Care Data Breaches Show Security Shortcomings - CIO Insight

2 Medicaid Data Breaches, 1 Weak Link: Employees
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ID Experts Partners with FairWarning to Simplify Healthcare Organizations ... - MarketWatch (press release)

FairWarning Announces ID Experts as FairWarning Ready Certified Partner
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George Doty, Who Guarded Goldman Sachs Purse, Dies at 94 - Bloomberg

All partners' tax returns were either done through the firm or turned in promptly for careful review by the firm.' As an experienced auditor, Doty was on alert for any corner-cutting or cheating and 'knew that the best way to prevent big trouble is to ...

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Rules To Keep Facebook From Ruining Your Relationship - Peace FM Online

From cheating online to lamenting over a break up that has moved on â€" I hear about how Facebook has supposedly ruined their marriage or their dating relationship. But guess what? Facebook didn't do anything. The responsibility here lies on the people ...

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The drug's in the mail - The Age

Efforts are being made, however, to develop partnerships with overseas agencies to combat this kind of online crime. Last year, senior members of the New South Wales fraud and cybercrime squad met with US Secret Service officials in Washington and ...

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Howard County PTA holds anti-bullying forum - Baltimore Sun

Thursday's forum was in the works before the Easter Day suicide of a Glenelg High School sophomore who had been bullied online. But experts say the conversation is especially timely given the threat of copy-cat suicides. "Cyberbullying doesn't directly ...

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Yahoo unveils original programming slate featuring Couric, Goldblum and more - Digital Media Wire

Yahoo Inc. brought out luminaries like Tom Hanks, Anthony Zuiker, ABC News president Ben Sherwood, MLB Advanced Media CEO Bob Bowman, actor/writer/producer Ken Marino, and Top Chef Fabio Vivani as part of the company's Digital Content NewFront event to ...

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Online porn: Now Labour joins battle for automatic ban on Internet giants ... - Daily Mail

Social networking sites need to step up and become full partners in the battle to keep our children safe online. Righting these wrongs is not an attack on civil liberties. Adults will still have the choice to access material they want to see.

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Businesses are not protecting our data, say consumers - PC Advisor

The results emphasise the difficult position companies are in as the European Commission moves towards a mandatory data breach disclosure regime. Companies have been encouraged to put more preventative measures in place to tackle possible data leaks, ...

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Regulatory compliance alone not protecting practices against data breaches - American Medical News

Among Hospitals That Reported a Data Breach Last Year, How Many Breaches Did ...
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ICO to spot company data breaches through analysis - ZDNet UK (blog)

By Tom Espiner , 26 April, 2012 14:21 Data watchdog the Information Commissioner's Office is to begin aggregating complaints about private sector organisations in an effort to bring more fines against companies for breaches of UK data law.

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China Escalates Crackdown On Internet Amid Scandal - Wall Street Journal

"Recently, criminal elements have used Sina Weibo to create and spread malicious political rumors online for no reason, producing a terrible effect on society," the notice said. It said the deleted users have "already been dealt with by public security ...

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Health Care Data Breaches Highlight Need for Security Investment - eWeek

Massive health care data breaches in Atlanta, South Carolina and Utah show a need for securing mobile devices, increasing audits and using intrusion-protection software. Within a few weeks' time, massive health care breaches have been made public at ...

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Data breaches cost Australian organisations over two million dollars per incident - ABC Online

Over the last year, data breaches have become commonplace with both global and local brands falling victim to attackers. Household brands have come under scrutiny as customer data including names, email addresses and potentially even credit card ...

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UK public sector accounts for bulk of data breach fines - BBC News

The UK's private sector accounted for more than a third of all reported data breaches over 11 months, but less than 1% of the resulting fines, according to a Freedom of Information request. The data was issued by the Information Commissioner's Office ...

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2 Medicaid Data Breaches, 1 Weak Link: Employees - InformationWeek

Second data breach at a state Medicaid agency in less than a month shows need to limit employee access to confidential data, regardless of other security procedures. By Ken Terry InformationWeek For the second time in less than a month, there has been ...

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Dealing with Data Theft/Siphoning in an Organization - PC Quest

Imprisonment of upto three years or a fine of upto Rs. 5 lakh or both are the bare minimum consequences of data theft. It could even be worse. We present a few live cases followed by how to deal with them legally As data becomes the largest corporate ...

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EEOC to Issue New Guidelines on Background Checks - MyFox Phoenix

SAM HANANEL,AP WASHINGTON (AP) - The government is issuing new guidelines that could make it tougher for employers to screen out job applicants using criminal background checks. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says the move is an effort to ...

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New York City portrayed online in 870000 images - Times Herald-Record

The rare crime scene photograph from Nov. 24, 1915, is one of 870000 images of New York City and its municipal operations now available to the public on the Internet for the first time. The city Department of Records officially announced the debut of ...

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Children should limit use of mobiles, says new report - BBC News

The Health Protection Agency (HPA) has done the biggest ever investigation into the safety of mobiles. The results say mobiles ARE safe to use but children shouldn't use them too often - just in case. Ever since people started using mobiles in the ...

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Texting to Keep Kids Safe From the Flu - Mobiledia

By Sandy Fitzgerald Doctors are sending texts to parents, notifying them of the dangers of the flu and where to get vaccinations, highlighting how mobile technology is keeping people healthy. Researchers, which followed over 9000 lower-income children, ...

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Google: responsible parents not new laws will keep children safe online - Recombu

Google has warned that new laws won't be able to protect children online unless parents take charge of protecting them from the worst of the Web. Many parents are helping under-age children to join sites like Facebook instead of protecting them, ...

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