Compliance Buzz
Wednesday, May 9th, 2007TOP NEWS
Online video exposes JP Morgan data breach - Labor union posts videos of trash bags full of private records on YouTube.
E-discovery involves massive, overlooked logistics - Complying with e-discovery requests can guzzle IT resources.
SOX whistleblower suit hits Barclays investment practices - British bank accused of trading on insider information from bankrupt firms.
Germany puts a halt to two years of illicit computer spying - Interior Minister admits government online spying violated privacy law Article 13.
Senate Judiciary Committee subpoenas White House e-mails - Lost e-mails concerning the firing of federal prosecutors remain the center of controversy.
Regulation Watch
GAO releases privacy guidelines for data breach notifications - Lessons learned from last year’s lost VA laptop and other federal data breaches.
Real ID Act draws more opposition - Five states and 50 organizations have come out against it.
New international organization standardizes terminology for electronic healthcare records - Coordination of clinical language will promote global electronic healthcare records.
New Research
IT labor market continues heating up - Job growth prospects are the best since late 2001.
Denial of service attacks are down, new statistics show - Apparently extortion does not pay as well as stock fraud.
ProsecutionWATCH
Unspam Technologies files billion-dollar lawsuit against spammers - Project Honey Pot leads to massive Can-Spam Act and the Virginia Computer Crimes Act suit.
Violating NY data breach law costs Chicago firm $60,000 - State case is the first of its kind settled in New York.
SEC moves against two former Apple execs in stock scandal - Charges include improper options and conspiracy to cover them up.
Sheriff’s deputy convicted of sending e-mail with keylogger virus - Unsanctioned investigation of a neighbor may result in four years in prison.
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