GPS tracking bracelets are giving judges and police a new weapon to fight against abusive husbands and lovers. In several states, these bracelets now give authorities real-time tracking of high-risk offenders and will alert police when a restraining order has been violated. Studies show the bracelets have reduced repeat offenses, but not surprisingly the offenders went back to their criminal ways after the bracelets were taken off.

The California Department of Public Health has issued its findings in the UCLA celebrity medical records snooping case. The department found 14 more people snooped into the records of famous people including Farrah Fawcett, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife Maria Shriver. This brings the total to 68 people including physicians, nurses, administrative staff and one volunteer.

Why hack into a server when you can simply steal the damn thing. This is exactly what happened to a Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) server containing 159,000 customer accounts, after it went missing during a branch office rennovation.