Kim Zetter reports: An Illinois man is suing the maker of a video baby monitor after discovering that he and his neighbor could spy on each other through the devices. Wes Denkov filed a proposed class action lawsuit on Friday against Summer Infant and Toys ‘R’ Us over the $100 Summer Infant Day and Night…
Category: Breaches
USDA: Glitch with foreign SS numbers is fixed
Holly Ramer of the Associated Press reports that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has corrected a problem that allowed non-U.S. individuals to obtain Social Security numbers already assigned to U.S. citizens. The problem was originally revealed earlier this year and was related to the fact that the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the…
Case dropped in cop snooping
The Associated Press reports that a prosecutor has dropped a case against Bruce Callarik. Callarik’s case was connected to two Ohio police chiefs who were accused of snooping on the woman who bore twins for Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick. The prosecutor reportedly hopes to get Callarik to testify in the other men’s upcoming…
FTC extends enforcement deadline for Red Flags rule to 2010
From the why-am-I-not-surprised dept: At the request of Members of Congress, the Federal Trade Commission is delaying enforcement of the “Red Flags” Rule until June 1, 2010, for financial institutions and creditors subject to enforcement by the FTC. The Rule was promulgated under the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act, in which Congress directed the…