What’s possibly worse than leaving files with personally identifiable information in filing cabinets that you’re selling as surplus? How about leaving top secret and classified documents on the workings of five governments? Oh yeah, it happened in Australia.
Category: Exposure
Fire chiefs issue apology for privacy breach in Port Hills fire report
So often reports to the public fail to properly redact personal information. Here’s a case out of New Zealand: Fire chiefs have been forced to issue a shame-faced apology after releasing private, personal information in reports into last year’s Port Hills fires. Almost a year since the massive fires on Canterbury’s Port Hills above Christchurch,…
University of Baltimore exposed student identity information for more than three years: auditors (UPDATED)
Jan. 29 – please see update under this post. Meredith Cohn reports on a breach involving University of Baltimore student data: The University of Baltimore has added protections to personal student data that officials had left unsecured possibly for years, according to a state audit released this month. The information on 117,793 students was kept…
San Diego County Office of Education notifies component school districts of breach of employee retirement contribution data
The San Diego County Office of Education recently notified component districts that some employee retirement contribution data had been incorrectly shared with districts. From their notification: What Happened? On December 5, 2017, a San Diego County Office of Education (“SDCOE”) employee inadvertently sent an employee retirement contribution spreadsheet, containing employee name, Social Security number, and funding…
UK: Former civil servant suing government department after ‘highly sensitive’ medical information reportedly revealed in email
Neal Keeling reports: A former civil servant is suing the government department where he worked after ‘highly sensitive’ medical information about him was reportedly revealed to a dozen colleagues in an email. Lawyers for Aftab Marchant have issued High Court proceedings against the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and are seeking damages of up…
Kansas website exposed state employees’ personal information: report
It was only a few days ago that there were reports that Florida had exposed the last 4 digits of almost 1,000 Kansas residents’ Social Security Numbers. Not to be outdone, Kansas posted its own citizens SSN, too, it seems. As Brett Samuels reports: The Kansas Secretary of State’s office on Thursday posted the personal…