Counties Work to Hide Data
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Increasing concerns about identity theft are driving a growing number of counties to start redacting personal data from public records on their Web sites. But the work remains challenging.
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By Chuck Mueller, San Bernardino County Sun, Calif.  Feb.
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St. Mary's Hospital in Leonardtown, Md. has become the second hospital in the state in the last week to disclose a potential compromise of patients' personal data.
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State officials say it&#39;s not clear if names and Social Security numbers were accessed or stolen but urge individuals to take precautions against identity theft.
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County health officials warn of grave consequences if Santa Clara County follows through with a proposal to deny trauma medical services to patients outside its county line.
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Administaff, a provider of human resources services, is notifying 159,000 former and current workers that personal data about them was on a laptop reported missing on Oct. 3. The data was unencrypted.
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Officials in two states proposed unusual plans Monday to tighten oversight of convicted sex offenders: Virginia's attorney general wants them to register their e-mail addresses and online IDs, and New York officials want them to take lie-detector tests.
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Privacy advocates obtain records showing that people pulled aside for extra screening during international travel may have detailed records, including reason for travel, race and reading material, stored by the government for years.
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By Jamie Reid, The Beaumont Enterprise, Texas  Dec. 8--You are not invisible in today's high-tech world, no matter how many times you hit delete.   There's always a trace.
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Privacy is going to be an increasing concern as more and more photographs embed information about the location where they were taken.
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A laptop containing data on 106,000 Connecticut taxpayers is missing, prompting that state's governor to order IT officials to implement new controls for protecting data by Sept. 7.
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RICHMOND, Va. - Officials in two states proposed unusual plans Monday to tighten oversight of convicted sex offenders: Virginia's attorney general wants them to register their e-mail addresses and online IDs, and New York officials want them to take lie-detector tests.
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The project is aimed at improving citiesÂ disclosure of information about pension funds for municipal employees.
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A proposed law would require companies to keep detailed data about peopleâs Internet and phone use.
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More than two dozen federal agents with subpoenas spent five hours Wednesday searching the Will County land use department&#39;s computer records in an investigation related to building permits.
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It takes effort and intelligence to keep personal information out of the hands of people and governments bent on misusing the data.
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The Census Bureau collects the most personal information about Americans, from how much money they earn and where they spend it to how they live and die. It's all confidential &#151; as long as no one steals it.