Steep fine sends message on patient data protection - American Medical News

The federal government's first settlement resulting from a health care data breach reported under a part of the 2009 stimulus bill will cost BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee $1.5 million, on top of what it has spent notifying customers and changing ...

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Card Processor: Hackers Stole Account Numbers - Wall Street Journal

Visa and MasterCard began alerting card-issuing banks in recent days that consumer-transaction data could be at risk due to a breach at a so-called third-party processor. Visa told the banks that the cards were exposed between Jan. 21 and Feb.

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UK mulling online surveillance system, group says - CBC.ca

A Home Office spokesman insisted that any new surveillance program would not involve prying into the content of emails or voice conversations. "It's not about the content," the official said, speaking anonymously in line with office policy.

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Campaigners criticise email and web monitoring plan - BBC News

"What this is talking about doing is not focusing on terrorists or criminals, it's absolutely everybody's emails, phone calls, web access. All that's got to be recorded for two years and the government will be able to get at it with no by your leave ...

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School hours changing to keep kids safe - The National

Shamsa Al Iryani has been sending her children to a school in a different part of town to avoid the congestion. "I placed my children in a school in Al Tuwaiyya to escape the traffic of the schools road," she said. However, her nieces and nephews ...

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Government to roll out same snooping tactics as 'China and Iran' by getting ... - Daily Mail

Although GCHQ would not be able to access the content of personal communications without a warrant, the legislation would enable it to trace the people individuals or groups are in contact with, and how often and for how long they are in communication.

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Visa, MasterCard warn of possible data breach - Los Angeles Times

MasterCard Inc. and Visa Inc. warned that some of the data in their cardholder accounts may have been breached. MasterCard said it had notified banks, as well as law enforcement, of a potential problem with a third party 'US-based entity.

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