From the press release (pdf) from the Information Commissioner’s Office: The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is reminding NHS bodies of the importance of data security having found four more NHS organisations in breach of the Data Protection Act. Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Central Lancashire Primary Care Trust, North West London Hospitals NHS Trust…
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VA: Personal info revealed on receipt
Andy Fox of WAVY reports that customers of Miller’s Neighborhood Market Shell Station may have had their debit or credit cards exposed to other customers when an employee replaced a roll of paper in the receipt machine with a roll that already contained customer receipts showing full debit and credit card numbers. The previously recorded…
IL: Filesharing responsible for exposure of personal info from state agency
John O’Connor of the Associated Press reports that AP obtained a memo suggesting that an Illinois state employee downloading music to a laptop computer was responsible for inadvertently sharing sensitive Illinois Department on Aging information such as employees’ Social Security numbers. About 170 employees may have been affected.
OK: Yet another stolen laptop puts sensitive info at risk
This may not be a good month to be an Oklahoman. First there was the report that an employee of the Employment Security Commission lost a flash drive, then there was the laptop stolen from a Dept. of Human Services employee’s car, and now we are learning that yet another laptop was stolen — this…
Bits ‘n Pieces
In the justice system: Bernard James Brown Jr., a former bank credit card department manager at Eastern Virginia Bankshares, was sentenced to prison for bank fraud and identity theft. More. Investigators have identified suspects in a debit card fraud scheme affecting more than two dozen Macon and Bibb County residents and skimmers used at Raceway…
IN: Sensitive documents stolen from east side businesses
Steve Jefferson of WTHR reports that during a burglary and ransacking of a business building, the burglar stole a file cabinet full of sensitive information including names, Social Security numbers, and birth dates. Stealing a file cabinet…… for the information? Could this be the second report this week of burglaries specifically going for information?