Sergiu Gatlan reports: The Vermont Department of Taxes today disclosed that taxpayers’ private information was exposed because of a security issue affecting its online filing site discovered on July 2, 2020. The data breach affected all Vermonters who electronically filed Property Transfer Tax returns using the tax department’s site between February 2017 and July 2020….
Category: Exposure
White House Tells EPIC to Delete COVID-19 Records, EPIC Declines
I usually post items from EPIC.org over on PogoWasRight.org, but this one gets posted as a government breach on this site, too. In an unusual development, the White House directed EPIC this week to delete a set of records that EPIC recently obtained from the Office of Science & Technology Policy—a request which EPIC declined….
‘Unforgivable’: The privacy breach that exposed sensitive details of WA’s virus fight
Kelly Haywood and Gary Adshead report: One of Western Australia’s biggest privacy breaches, which involves the interception of thousands of State Government communications, is under investigation. Nine News revealed on Monday evening that the most sensitive information to be hacked and posted to a public website relates to the management of the Covid-19 crisis in…
Heartland Counseling Services announces potential contacts information breach in email gaffe
Reilly Mahon reports: Heartland Counseling Services, Inc. said on Thursday that the protected health information of more than 500 contacts was potentially compromised. They said in a statement that a breach happened on May 19 as a result of the use of electronic mail communication made to the contacts of Heartland Counseling Services. The breach…
“We take data protection very seriously,” New Zealand Friday edition
There were two incidents concerning New Zealand leaks or breaches in my news feed this morning. One of them caught my attention because the story didn’t seem accurate — and not because the reporters weren’t reporting accurately, but because the entity may not have been fully transparent or accurate about the incident. First: Mandy Te,…
Ca: University of Lethbridge reveals details regarding privacy breach at health centre
Quinn Campbell reports on an email gaffe that disclosed student health information: The University of Lethbridge says an Excel document with personal information of 1,225 patients at its health centre was inadvertently shared with a student. The document that was the subject of a privacy breach included names, dates of birth, personal health numbers, genders…