RAIN 060627 Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories related to records and archives management. NHS fails to secure mobile data VNUNet.com - UK ... Small devices with large data storage capacity make it very easy for a person to carry unnoticed large amounts of data such as patient records or sensitive ... <http://www.vnunet.com/computing/news/2159227/nhs-failing-secure-mobile> Company Spy: The Case of the $100 Million Blueprints New York Jewish Times - New York,NY,USA ... So what’s the lesson? Protect those trade secrets. Sanders ... operational. “Stealing trade secrets is worse than stealing money from a company. <http://nyjtimes.com/cover/06-27-06/The$100MilBluperints.htm> Public records site shut down Cincinnati Post - OH,USA ... Hartmann, a Republican candidate for Ohio secretary of state this year, said he supports open records, but the public's security must be the primary concern. ... <http://news.cincypost.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060627/NEWS01/606 270375> Search firm promises complete user privacy VNUNet.com - UK ... "Therefore we have decided to permanently delete all personal search records. If the data is not stored, users' privacy cannot be breached.". <http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2159193/search-firm-promises-total-use r> Councilman irked by data postings on Web Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA ... to require citizens to find out if online county postings of their quit-claim deeds, deeds of trust and ... The documents date from the early 1990s to the present. ... <http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420AP_WA_County_Records_Online.html > Medical records rescued Forbes Advocate - Forbes,New South Wales,Australia Saving Harold Street Medical Centre's records was a massive task according to NSW Fire Brigade Forbes captain Brian Clarke. All ... <http://forbes.yourguide.com.au/detail.asp?class=news&subclass=general&st ory_id=490203&category=General&m=6&y=2006> Martin Luther King's private papers saved from auction Guardian Unlimited - UK ... The facility they have as far as we know is not 100% climactically controlled for archival papers, and there is no 24-hour human security at the site.". <http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,1807435,00.html> County records to go digital Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil - Council Bluffs,IA,USA Pottawattamie County events that occurred back in the 1850s, and possibly as far back as the 1840s, will soon be in contact with 21st Century technology to ... <http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=16847622&BRD=2703&PAG=461&dept _id=555106&rfi=6> King County Records and Elections puts thousands at risk for ... Sound Politics - Seattle,WA,USA King County Councilmember Reagan Dunn held a press conference today to discuss this recent discovery: King County's Records, Elections, and Licensing Services ... <http://www.soundpolitics.com/archives/006397.html> Comcast says to keep Internet records for 180 days Reuters - USA ... DeGette cited a child pornography case last year in which she said investigators were hindered by destruction of Comcast records. ... <http://today.reuters.com/stocks/QuoteCompanyNewsArticle.aspx?view=CN&sto ryID=2006-06-27T214654Z_01_N27273224_RTRIDST_0_MEDIA-COMCAST-RECORDS.XML& rpc=66> Rare maps in brush with criminal world National Post - Canada ... States. It's a crime that has shocked historians and forced major security upgrades to museums and archives around the world. Among ... <http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=2184a40d-6a15-48b4 -b11c-c865f5098691&k=30512> Let's try this one more time Computerworld - USA "As the only IT person here, I had to explain to our secretary how to scan the documents," fish says. "I also sent her procedures on how to name files.". ... <http://www.computerworld.com/action/sharktank.do?command=viewDailyFull&d ate=20060627> Telecom Lessons Learned? B-EYE-Network - Boulder,CO,USA ... Also in 2005, Bank of America lost data tapes with federal employee credit card information. This time, the data associated with 1.2 million people was lost. ... <http://www.b-eye-network.com/view/3042?jsessionid=95eab229e402b95fd2463e 51ea47cafb> Data thieves use P2P to grab firms’ secrets ComputerWeekly.com - UK ... The problem arises because staff are unwittingly exposing confidential documents to public access when they take work home or work remotely using computers ... <http://www.computerweekly.com/Home/Articles/2006/06/27/216632/Data+thiev es+use+P2P+to+grab+firms%E2%80%99+secrets.htm> Attn. ID thieves: Look here Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA ... Aside from that, Logan said, his office wasn't aware of a single case where public documents filed with the county have been used for identity theft. ... <http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/275452_idtheft27.html> City audit reports no longer online Lynchburg News and Advance - Lynchburg,VA,USA By Conor Reilly. Lynchburg public documents once available on the Internet were yanked from public view by a city committee late last year. ... <http://www.newsadvance.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=LNA%2FMGArticle%2F LNA_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1149188767732&path=!news!archive> Social Security numbers online spark concerns about ID theft Web Devil - USA ... complainant, officials cited Arizona state law, which does not provide authority for the county recorder to redact Social Security numbers from public documents ... <http://www.statepress.com/issues/2006/06/26/news/697063> Ex-Greene official charged with document tampering Charlottesville Daily Progress - Charlottesville,VA,USA Greene County’s embattled former administrator has been charged with altering public documents while he was employed by the county, according to court records ... <http://www.dailyprogress.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=CDP%2FMGArticle% 2FCDP_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1149188768159&path=!news> Australian Police Lose Thousands of Public Records IDM.net.au - Strawberry Hills,NSW,Australia June 27th, 2006: Australian High Tech Crime Centre in very low-tech error exposes the personal banking details of 3,500 people. ... <http://www.idm.net.au/story.asp?id=7270> Laptop Lockdown Wall Street Journal - USA ... In May, a data analyst with the Department of Veterans Affairs had a laptop stolen from his Maryland home that contained confidential information on 26.5 ... <http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB115145402822192505-gTTm9f4PlhnH8o NufP6ghrEocpM_20060727.html?mod=tff_main_tff_top> Does digital age spell privacy's doom? Christian Science Monitor - Boston,MA,USA ... Since February 2005, when data-aggregation company ChoicePoint revealed that scammers had tricked it into providing them with the private financial records of ... <http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0628/p15s01-ussc.html> Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Tue, 27 Jun 2006 6:52 PM PDT Emory left out of loop in King deal <<http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/atlanta/stories/0628metking.h tml?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13>> Emory University was noticeably absent from the excitement surrounding Atlanta's $32 million acquisition of Martin Luther King Jr.'s writings last week. Early on, Emory and Morehouse College had been seen as potential joint custodians of the extensive collection, according to people familiar with the negotiations. The coveted writings had been destined for auction this week in New York before an Peter A. Kurilecz Richmond, Va [log in to unmask] ________________________________________________________________________ Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free. A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List sponsored by the Society of American Archivists, www.archivists.org. For the terms of participation, please refer to http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp. 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