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NZ hat trick: EQC reports its third breach this year

Posted on September 17, 2013 by Dissent

Rebecca Quilliam reports:

The Earthquake Commission has admitted to another breach of privacy after information on up to 260 claimants was sent to the wrong customers.

Its chief executive Ian Simpson has launched an inquiry into how the information ended up on a letter that was sent to some clients.

One side of the letter had the correct information for the recipient, but the second side of the page had the address, phone number, insurance company and the damage reported by a different claimant.

Read more on NZ Herald. All three breaches this year have been exposure incidents; the first two involved e-mail attachments.

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