A provincial court judge has ruled a Chilliwack man arrested for allegedly violating other people’s personal domain had his own charter rights violated by police, though the police evidence against the accused will be admitted into the trial. Leigh Taylor Brandon faces 12 counts of identity theft offences, including fraud, possessing stolen property, possession and…
Category: Breach Incidents
Baytown releases banking info for 10,000 by mistake
Baytown officials have notified 10,019 people cited by red light cameras that some of their personal banking information mistakenly was released to a resident who had filed a public information request about the controversial traffic program, Mayor Stephen DonCarlos said Monday. The mayor stressed the resident who received the information has deleted a spreadsheet —…
UCCS students’ personal info at risk
The personal information of nearly 800 students who attended the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs could be at risk. A faculty member’s laptop was stolen on July 5 from their home. 766 students who attended UCCS between 2003 and 2009 were notified. The information at risk includes social security numbers, along with students’ names…
Liverpool Community College students’s data on internet
The personal data of up to 300 former students of Liverpool Community College was discovered on the internet. The information, which included names, dates of birth and student IDs, was discovered during the course of an ongoing ECHO investigation. It followed accusations the college’s IT department claimed funding for entire courses which did not run…
Ten of the most embarrassing data breaches
Doug Cornelius of Compliance Building posted a list of what he describes as the 10 most embarrassing data breaches. Take a look at his list and see if you agree. If not, what would you include in a list of the 10 most embarrassing breaches?
ICO: NHS Lothian to improve security
NHS employees failed to comply with data security requirements according to an Undertaking, signed by James Barbour, the Chief Executive of NHS Lothian. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has found NHS Lothian in breach of the Data Protection Act after an unencrypted memory stick was lost and some paper files were temporarily left in a…