Miscellaneous

• New Data Protection Survey

  Staff Writer | August 17, 2006 7:35 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ

  Well, the identity theft information overload continues. It appears that corporations regularly lose sensitive data these days. If you do business with companies which require you to provide social security numbers, birthdates, addresses and other confidential information, perhaps you should check out how companies protect this sensitive information in advance. Today I read an article which...

• Yet Another Identity Theft Incident

  Staff Writer | August 15, 2006 10:55 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ

  A laptop computer stolen? The risk of identity theft high? Social security numbers and other confidential informaiton compromised? Sounds familiar doesn't it? Was this the Veterans Affairs incident? The Federal Trade Commission incident? Something else? The story sounds eerily similar. Information on a laptop containing names, addresses, birthdates, and social security numbers of over...

• Jury Service

  Staff Writer | August 02, 2006 1:32 PM | 1 CommentPhoenix, AZ

  Yesterday, the East Valley Tribune editorial department wrote an opinion piece addressing a recent challenge to Maricopa County jury selection procedures adopted in February of this year. Recently, the Maricopa County judiciary modified its jury selection procedures to make it more likely for jurors to be chosen for service at a court within a close geographic proximity to their home. Court...

• Beware of Insurance Company Behavior During Monsoon Season

  Staff Writer | July 27, 2006 6:00 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ

  Today I read a press release concerning a trial which started just a few weeks ago against Nationwide Insurance Company concerning its conduct toward victims of Hurricane Katrina. This trial reminded me about what obligations insurance carriers have toward Arizona policy-holders and what remedies are available should you be deprived of the benefit of insurance purchased to cover a loss. If you...

• Inspector General Blasts Veterans Administration Data Security

  Staff Writer | July 17, 2006 11:25 AM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ

  On July 11, 2006, the Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General released a much anticipated report concerning the theft and loss of Veterans Administration data involving more than twenty-six million veterans. According to the Inspector General, on May 3, 2006, the home of a Veterans Affairs employee was burglarized resulting in the theft of a laptop computer and external hard...

• Corporation Information Technology Priorities

  Staff Writer | July 09, 2006 10:59 AM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ

  I came across a web site dealing with new technology and corporate mobility issues. Citing the recent computer theft from the Veterans Administration, Thomas Wailgum, who authored an entry on this web site, addressed the fundamental problems associated with maintaining private data while in the midst of a corporate computing mobility revolution. This article highlights the problems associated...

• Channel 12 News Reporter Victim of Identity Theft

  Staff Writer | July 03, 2006 6:42 PM | 1 CommentPhoenix, AZ

  Well Rick DeBruhl, a news reporter with Channel Twelve News in Arizona just became an apparent victim of identity theft and decided to write a story about it in the Arizona Republic. His story presents an interesting variation of typical identity theft problems which unfortunately have been popping up more and more frequently. Apparently, this news reporter's identity on E-Bay was stolen and...

• New Center for Identity Management and Information Protection to Study Identity Theft

  Staff Writer | June 27, 2006 6:32 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ

  A good resource for identity theft research and prevention tools has just been organized. This think tank includes a public and private partnership between such organizations as the United States Secret Service, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, IBM, and Lexis/Nexis Corporation. The identity theft research organization will study all problems associated with identity theft and associated...

• Ironic Identity Theft Problem at the Federal Trade Commision

  Staff Writer | June 23, 2006 1:50 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ

  Ironically, yesterday the Federal Trade Commission, the federal agency tasked with the responsibility for investigating and prosecuting incidents of identity theft, issued a press release admitting that two of its laptop computers had been stolen exposing approximately 110 people to the prospect of identity theft. I thought that by publicly admitting that the incident occurred and providing a...

• Identity Thefts Continue

  Staff Writer | June 19, 2006 9:28 AM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ

  I've written in the past about how Arizona is the number one state in the nation regarding incidents of identity theft. Well, unfortunately it appears that other states want to catch up. Yesterday, I heard about the most recent theft of personal confidential information and social security numbers from an financial company known as ING Financial Services. Apparently, thieves stole a laptop...