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UK: Confidential files found in street – will Lancashire Police be taken out to the ICO shed again?

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Dissent

It seems like only last week I was reading about how the Lancashire Constabulary had to sign an undertaking with the Information Commissioner’s Office because they exposed personal information. Oh wait, it was last week. Now, it seems, they may be in trouble again – and again, it involves failing to secure and protect the…

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CT: Hospital Staffer Texted Photo Of Murdered Teen

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Dissent

Thomas MacMillan reports: After 17-year-old Travis Washington died in the Hospital of St. Raphael’s Emergency Room, a hospital clinician present took out a cell phone, snapped a picture of his gunshot wound and sent it off for others to look at. In the wake of that incident, the hospital has fired three employees. A distraught…

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BET24 data breach: what did they know, when did they know it, and why the hell didn’t they disclose?

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Dissent

John Leyden reports: BET24.com warned customers on Monday that their personal data may have been exposed by a breach that took place in December 2009. The gambling site is only warning clients 19 months after the breach, although it said it had taken other measures, including resetting passwords, at the time of the breach. The…

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Austrian TV users’ bank account data acquired by hackers

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Dissent

Associated Press reports: The Austrian authority that collects state television fees from customers says hackers have stolen 214,000 data files from its server, including 96,000 containing sensitive bank account information. GIS says the cyberattack by a group identifying itself as “AustrAnon” occurred Friday. It said Monday that it has started informing customers whose data has…

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Ca: Commissioner Cavoukian investigating the loss of Ontarians' cancer screening information

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Dissent

Ontario’s Information and Privacy Commissioner, Dr. Ann Cavoukian, is investigating a privacy breach involving the personal health information of 6,490 Ontarians involved in a Cancer Care Ontario (CCO) screening program. CCO announced that the delivery of 15 Screening Activity Reports related to its ColonCancerCheck program cannot be confirmed. The delivery status of an additional 11 reports…

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Estée Lauder employees notified that their data were on stolen laptop

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Dissent

Another day, another stolen laptop with employee data. This time it’s New York-headquartered Estée Lauder. In a notification letter dated July 13 that omits important details, the firm’s lawyer writes that the company “recently learned” about the theft of a company-issued laptop that contained names and Social Security Numbers of current and former employees and…

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