Clair Fullarton reports: Sensitive details, including 13 parents’ names, addresses, phone numbers, along with children’s names and dates of birth were posted out with letters on St Andrew’s Primary placement request appeals. The list also gives siblings’ details, personal circumstances, child care arrangements and in one instance refers to a parent working away from home….
Month: June 2015
Rite Aid says personal information, prescriptions stolen in Baltimore looting
Scott Dance reports: As looted prescription drugs flood Baltimore streets, fueling a surge in violence, pharmacy chain Rite Aid warned customers Wednesday that their personal medical information could be on the streets, too. Store officials said the labels on prescriptions stolen during the late April riots included patient names, addresses and the names of medication,…
Tox owner ‘tox’ putting his business up for sale
Archiving this, which was posted on Pastebin on June 3 by YDKLIJNSMA (Yonathan Klijnsma, 0x3a) Dear users, Just one month ago, in one instant, all what I’ve studied for months fused in one brilliant idea, which was then named Tox. I knew it was something new, something that was completely different from what was already there. I started designing…
Ill. Appeals Court Won’t Revive Advocate Data Breach Lawsuit
What is there about “no standing” that you failed to accept? And why do lawyers keep filing lawsuits when the courts have been pretty consistent about dismissing for lack of standing if a lead plaintiff can’t demonstrate actual injury or harm or truly imminent and likely injury? Law360 reports: An Illinois appellate court on…
UK: South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
From the ICO: An undertaking to comply with the seventh data protection principle has been signed by South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. This follows a series of incidents where patient data was sent to incorrect addresses. On investigation it was disovered that although the Trust had issued ad hoc guidance to staff following…
TN: Account information stolen at doctor’s office, suspect arrested
Ben Watson reports: A Memphis woman says her credit card information was stolen while she was at the doctor’s office. […] Medical assistant Jessica Jefferson has been arrested after police say she confessed to stealing the woman’s bank account information. […] The hospital released a statement: “She’s been suspended and we are waiting for the…