The HSE and the Office of Data Protection have launched separate inquiries into the discovery of patient notes from Ballina District Hospital in a refuse bag in the town centre. Patient records from a Ballina District Hospital have been discovered in a refuse bag in the town centre. The Health Service Executive and the Office…
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Business owners report theft of computer data: University Heights Police Blotter
The co-owners of Chocolate Emporium, at the Cedar-Green Plaza, reported the theft of computer data by a former employee Aug. 8. The owners said the suspect, a Silsby Road man, 24, was hired to work there Jan. 31, and they had hoped to retire and sell the business to him. He was shown a computer…
Some Iowa inmates could have seen guards’ data
KGAN in Iowa reports: Starting a new program for inmates at an Iowa correctional facility could turn out to be a horrible deal for prison employees. Personal information about the guards may have made to the inmates. An unwanted letter in Saturday’s mail has Steve Gray worried about identity theft. “Name and social security number…
UK: Children’s details stolen in playground raid
The personal details of around 1,000 children have been snatched by thieves who stole a computer from inside an adventure playground. Burglars broke into Bennetts End Adventure Playground in Hemel Hempstead over the weekend. As well as a computer, £850 was taken from a safe inside the council-run adventure playground’s office. Read more on Hemel…
IE: Files stolen from HSE employee’s car
Under fire Health Service Executive (HSE) chiefs were staring at yet another embarrassing controversy last night after private records were stolen in Longford. The Leader has learned the private documents were stolen from a District Health Nurse’s car last Friday afternoon. The records were concealed inside a handbag which was stolen from a car in…
Yale notifies 43,000 that their Social Security Numbers were exposed (updated)
A Yale Alumnus posted the following: If you get an “oops” letter from Yale about your Social Security number having been compromised, you are not alone. University spokesman Tom Conroy provides the following statement: Yale University is notifying 43,000 individuals that a 1999 computer file containing their names and Social Security numbers was inadvertently made…