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UK: North Yorkshire Police in 39 data protection law breaches

Posted on January 5, 2011 by Dissent

Julie Hayes reports: North Yorkshire police officers and staff breached data protection laws 39 times in the past three years, the force has revealed. In response to a Freedom of Information request, North Yorkshire Police said the incidents included officers and staff conducting checks of private telephone numbers, obtaining personal data without consent, accessing personal…

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Sensitive Scottish court records discovered at recycling bank

Posted on January 5, 2011 by Dissent

A press release from the UK ICO: The Scottish Court Service breached the Data Protection Act by failing to take sufficient steps to prevent court documents containing sensitive personal details being accidentally disposed of at a local recycling bank in Glasgow, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said today. The ICO was first made aware of…

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(update) NYC SSA breach involved more than SSN

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Dissent

As an update to the breach involving a subcontractor working in the NYC  Social Security Administration Office of Temporary Disability Assistance, other news sources such as WTEN report the name of the individual arrested in the case: Evan Kane of Waterford, New York. It also appears that in addition to 15,000 Social Security Numbers, other…

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TX: Personnel records found dumped outside Plano library

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Dissent

Brad Watson reports about dozens of boxes containing sensitive information: “I picked up a notebook that was sitting on top, I flipped it over and saw pages and pages of Social Security numbers,” she said. “I got concerned.” Inside the cartons, News 8 reviewed hundreds of names, Social Security numbers, medical records, home addresses and…

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(update) CA: Fraud reports linked to Sierra Madre gas station top 175

Posted on January 3, 2011 by Dissent

This entry updates the incident previously noted at http://www.databreaches.net/?p=16054 Sierra Madre police officers have taken over 175 fraud reports linked to EVG Quality Gas station in recent days, officials said Monday. The first victim reported identity theft on Dec. 27 after using her credit card at the 50 S. Baldwin Avenue gas station, which has…

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(update) FL: Panama City card fraud linked to Half Hitch Tackle

Posted on January 3, 2011 by Dissent

This entry updates a breach story previously covered at http://www.databreaches.net/?p=16029. WJHG/News7 reports: Panama City – Bay County Sheriff Frank McKeithen issued an update Monday in the investigation regarding the fraudulent use of debit and credit cards from multiple area credit unions and banks. […] Investigators have discovered that nearly all the victims have made transactions…

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