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NZ: Privacy breach at Disputes Tribunal

Posted on July 5, 2018 by Dissent

Ugh. Shane Cowlishaw reports: A sensitive case file that was misplaced at a Night and Day convenience store left a woman “understandably upset” after it was sent to the man she was locked in a dispute with. Shane Cowlishaw reports. Details of the privacy breach were revealed in a briefing to Justice Minister Andrew Little,…

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UK: Secret police dossier of paedophiles and victims found dumped in a skip

Posted on July 5, 2018 by Dissent

Okay, this is awful in terms of what might have happened. Kudos to the passerby who spotted it and gave it to the media to make sure that this wasn’t covered up. Alex Matthews reports: A secret police dossier containing personal details of paedophiles and their victims has been found dumped in a street in…

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Ca: Sunshine list screw-up: privacy breached for 2nd year in a row

Posted on July 4, 2018 by Dissent

Peter Cowan reports: For the second year in a row the provincial government’s salary disclosure includes names and salaries that shouldn’t have been released. The list, which is often called the “sunshine list” reveals the names and salary information for anyone making more than $100,000. Read more on CBC.

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NY: North Colonie Central School District notifies retirees of data security breach

Posted on July 3, 2018 by Dissent

North Colonie Central School District in New York is notifying some retirees that their personal information was inadvertently exposed on the internet for a period of approximately six weeks. The breach occurred when a package of information the district made available to vendors to provide quotations on insurance services inadvertently failed to redact the names,…

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From data security darling to cyber fall guy, Monzo experiences a breach of its own

Posted on July 2, 2018 by Dissent

Finextra reports: After basking in the glow of exposing the Ticketmaster data breach last week, digital challenger bank Monzo has itself become the victim of a data leakage that saw the personal details of some 20,000 customers lifted from third party survey firm Typeform. […] Monzo says the attackers found a weakness in Typeform’s security,…

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UK: Anger after data of hundreds of patients at GP practice is sent out in post

Posted on June 30, 2018 by Dissent

Lewis Clarke reports: Data of hundreds of residents who had not had an NHS health check have been sent to a patient by mistake. The data breach was discovered by staff at Amicus Health which runs Clare House Surgery on June 15 when a list containing the name, date of birth, age and gender of…

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