An insurance company is implementing a series of measure, including checking an industry database for mismatches in credit card details, in order to cut down on fraudulent claims. The move follows the release of the latest ABI figures which show insurance fraud has increased by nearly a quarter in the past two years. New recruits…
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Researcher: Blackberry update spies on users
A BlackBerry update that a United Arab Emirates service provider pushed out to its customers contains U.S.-made spyware that would allow the company or others to siphon and read their e-mail and text messages, according to a researcher who examined it. The update was billed as a “performance-enhancement patch” by the UAE-based phone and internet…
Builder blacklist boss hit with £5,000 fine
Ian Kerr, the man behind the Consulting Association, which held and maintained a blacklist of builders, has been fined £5,000 by Knutsford Crown Court. The company was raided by the Information Commissioner’s Office in March when the watchdog made its first ever use of an Enforcement Notice to shut it down. Read more in The…
Class says LexisNexis botches reports
LexisNexis mismatched information about people in consumer reports and published the mistakes to third parties, a class action claims in Federal Court. The class claims LexisNexis’ reports included details about people who were not the intended subjects, due to its failure to correctly identify consumer data. Its publication of the inaccurate data was intentional and…