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Inspector General Tells National Credit Union Administration to Beef Up Security and Privacy Protections

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Dissent

The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) is the United States independent federal agency that supervises and charters federal credit unions. Claude R. Marx reports: The NCUA needs to do a more thorough review of how it protects the privacy of its computer users and data, according to a report by the agency’s Office of Inspector…

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Healthcare breaches: Do they even matter?

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Dissent

George V. Hulme reports: While the healthcare industry moves to invest billions into electronic health records, a steady trail of breaches and broken promises of security is starting to take its toll on patient trust. Trust, perhaps, but not willingness to have their records stored electronically? Do all of the breach reports change patients’ behavior or choice…

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BBC America Shop customer orders leaked

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Dissent

Over the weekend, I received an e-mail from a BBC America Shop customer revealing that the bbcamericashop.com site was leaking customers’ order information – names, billing and shipping addresses, phone numbers, item number ordered, and e-mail addresses.  The exposed orders had been placed between June 10 of this year and that day. No credit card…

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AU: ADP exposes client emails

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Dissent

Michael Lee reports: Payroll services company ADP Australia has inadvertently made a marketing email list accessible on the internet, exposing its customers to spam and phishing messages. The list, which ADP said was dated 2007, was being used at the time to send out ADP client newsletters. The company said the list only contained email…

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UK: Central Essex Community Services breached Data Protection Act after book with mothers' and babies' information goes missing

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Dissent

Central Essex Community Services was found in breach of the Data Protection Act after the loss of a birth book containing information about the general health of 249 mothers and their babies. According to a press release issued by the Information Commissioner’s Office today, the book – which should have been stored in a locked filing cabinet –…

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UK: Southwark Council warned after personal data was missing for two years

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Dissent

The London Borough of Southwark Council breached the Data Protection Act by misplacing a computer and papers containing 7,200 peoples’ personal information which were discovered in a dumpster earlier this year. In a press release issued today , the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said the computer and papers were mistakenly left at one of the…

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