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FEARS over neglected city archive
Scotsman - United Kingdom
PRICELESS historical documents dating back to the tenth century are
under
threat because of a lack of staff and equipment at the city's archives.
...
<http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=1784992005>
HISTORIC documents go on display
BBC News - UK
... The Declaration of Arbroath, which is held in the National Archives
of Scotland, has not been put on public display for five years due to
its frail condition. ...
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/4150560.stm>
EMPLOYERS must protect workers' identities
Dallas Morning News (subscription) - TX,USA
... issue in April, when a laptop computer containing the names and
Social
Security numbers of about 16,500 current and former employees was stolen
in Colorado ...
<http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/columnists/pyip/stories/081505dnbusmoneytalk.7e1463b.html>
ENCRYPT Data or Invite Disaster
Enterprise IT Planet - Darien,CT,USA
... The laptop was stolen from the employee's car. The computer was
password
protected but there has been no comment on whether the data was
encrypted.
...
<http://www.enterpriseitplanet.com/security/features/article.php/3527576>
BUSH library hopefuls have stacked up
USA Today - USA
... In the competition to be the home of the George W. Bush presidential
library and museum, communities and colleges across Texas are working
every angle they've ...
<http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-08-14-bush-library-hopefuls_x.htm>
LEAKED files scandal
Melbourne Herald Sun - Australia
... IBM computer technician sent up to 20,000 pages of police files
electronically
to the prison officer's work computer along with 63 pages of records
relating
to ...
<http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,16273836%255E2862,00.html>
SPAMMER found guilty of stealing 1.6bn customer records from ...
Data Bulletin - London,UK
... has been found guilty of stealing 1.6bn customer data records from
Acxiom in ... 2003, Levine exploited security weakness in Acxiom's
system
to steal the files. ...
<http://www.brandrepublic.com/bulletins/data/article/491060/spammer-found-guilty-stealing-16bn-customer-records-acxiom/>
PLAID accused of illegal use of records
ic Wales - United Kingdom
... Protection Act in its use of constituents' case files, according to
... subsequently compared their telephone canvassing returns to Mr
Davies's
casework records. ...
<http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/newspolitics/tm_objectid=15858162&method=full&siteid=50082&headline=plaid-accused-of-illegal-use-of-records-name_page.html>
MEDICAL notes found dumped in street
ic Birmingham.co.uk - Birmingham,UK
... It is the second time this year that confidential medical records
have
been found dumped in a Birmingham street. In February, confidential
files
from a city ...
<http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100localnews/tm_objectid=15859359&method=full&siteid=50002&headline=medical-notes-found-dumped-in-street-name_page.html>
PRIVACY concerns as more files leak
NEWS.com.au - Australia
... George Brouwer after the OPI mistakenly released confidential police
files on hundreds of ... as they were printed on the back of other,
unrelated
documents. ...
<http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,16277081-29277,00.html>
DEEDS investigation revived
Barron News-Shield - Barron,WI,USA
... On a related note, embattled Barron County Register of Deeds Shawn
Hanson ... protections at computer workstations and storing "deposits
and documents with monies ...
<http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15036922&BRD=1132&PAG=461&dept_id=157660&rfi=6>
IT Uses Web Services to Preserve Data
ComputerWorld - USA
... Using IBM WebSphere integration middleware and a document imaging
and
management Web ... has seen a 60% spike in its customer acquisition and
retention from the ...
<http://www.computerworld.com/hardwaretopics/hardware/mainframes/story/0,10801,103910,00.html
DATA Dumped in Secure Flight Test
Wired News - USA
... activist Bill Scannell says it's difficult to know whether TSA's
decision
to destroy records so swiftly ... "Or is this a matter of the
destruction
of evidence?". ...
<http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,68515,00.html>
The Buffalo News, Mon, 15 Aug 2005 6:00 AM PDT
$131,341 in grants to go for maps, microfilm
http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20050815/3065577.asp
Cheektowaga town maps and police records will be easier to access with
the help of two state grants. The town will be receiving two grants
totaling
$134,341 from the state Archives and Records Administration Local
Government
Records Management Improvement Fund, Town Clerk Mary Holtz has learned.
BizJournals, Sun, 14 Aug 2005 9:17 PM PDT
Trashing employee data: Rules govern disposal of info
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2005/08/15/focus11.html?from_rss=1
Does your business do background checks on applicants? What do you do
with that information once an employment decision is made? New
regulations from
the federal government and several states require employers to take
specific steps to protect that information, so now is the time to
establish new
policies and procedures to comply.
Peter A. Kurilecz
Richmond, Va
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