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[Informationweek.com] InformationWeek > Customer Data Security > Execs Testify In Favor ...: Reed Elsevier plc's LexisNexis division, which last month said data on 310,000 individuals might have been compromised, supports a national reporting law, as well as increased penalties for ID theft and increased resources for law enforcement, said Kurt Sanford, president and CEO for U.S. corporate and federal government markets. The company has tightened its security procedures, such as truncating Social Security numbers displayed in nonpublic documents and limiting access to full Social Security and driver's license numbers to law-enforcement agencies, banks, and other legally-authorized entities, Sanford said.

[Management.silicon.com] Top execs quit Indian offshore outsourcer Wipro - IT Director ...: Roy said in a statement: "My stint at Wipro has been one of immense challenges and satisfaction. Having built scale and excellent fulfilment capabilities, it is time that a fresh leadership takes the baton from here on."

 [Pipeda.blogspot.com] The Canadian Privacy Law Blog: March 2005: The article goes on to give a brief but factually accurate explanation ofhow a request for 'medical records' is entirely within the framework of thefederal medical privacy laws (HIPAA), and also gives a likely source of thetissue - a routine pap smear. The article suggests that a judge issued asecret order for the records, though the article does not state if it was aformal 4th Amendment 'probable cause' warrant, or some lesser standardsubpoena, or even go into whether the police were required to acquire anorder under HIPAA (there are circumstances where agents can just therecordholder.)..."

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