Wainwright Jeffers reports: Some Dougherty County school workers worry the system put them at risk of identity theft. School officials say they shouldn’t be concerned. WALB learned that twice this week, the system sent employees an e-mail asking them for personal information, including social security numbers for a school system data base. Both times, follow…
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NS: Privacy watchdog mulls probe of WCB
Davena Jeffrey reports: Nova Scotia’s defender of personal privacy will decide Monday whether she will launch an investigation into the Workers’ Compensation Board of Nova Scotia’s handling of its clients’ information. In an interview Friday, Dulcie McCallum, Nova Scotia’s freedom of information and protection of privacy review officer, said her office has been discussing what…
5,600 South Carolina state employees notified of security breach
Associated Press reports that some of the people people who have or had insurance coverage from South Carolina’s State Employee Insurance Program have been sent letters notifying them of a breach. According to AP: State Employee Insurance Program director Stephen Van Camp said a computer virus attack on a single computer could have allowed the…
HHS web site reveals three new breaches
Today’s update to the HHS breach tool web site records some breaches we already knew about but also some other breaches we did not know about through the usual media sources: California Therapy Solutions in California reported that 1,226 patients had protected health information on a stolen device. The theft occurred on November 15. As…
UK: Doc Files Dumped in a Bin
Paul Thornton reports: Hospital bosses have launched an investigation after documents revealing patients’ personal records were found dumped in a wheelie bin. The details – on two sheets of paper – were discovered with a dictaphone tape, also thought to contain confidential medical data. Data included the patients’ addresses and phone numbers, as well as…
Omaha Public School employees warned of hacker
Joe Dejka reports: A computer hacker may have obtained Social Security numbers and other personal information of more than 4,300 current and former Omaha Public Schools employees. An investigation into the attack on the Omaha School Employees Retirement System website, detected Dec. 21, was unable to determine whether information was stolen, Michael Smith, executive director…