Joshua Robertson reports: Australia’s corporate regulator has committed a serious privacy breach via a flaw in its website that exposes the search records of anyone tapping into its company database. The breach, which opens up free backdoor access to company search histories, including by investigative journalists and finance industry professionals, remained live on the Australian…
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UK: Confidential information ‘may’ have been in stolen hospital container
The Dudley News reports: Bosses have admitted that a waste container stolen from Russells Hall Hospital may have contained confidential information. The container, which held paper waste, was stolen from the back of the hospital at 6.45pm on October 5. Read more on Dudley News.
MA: EMTs, paramedics may not know personal information is posted online
Boston25 News reported this last week: A state database reveals personal information about some health care workers, who say they’re worried about potential violence following them home. Bob St. Martin is a paramedic who made a troubling discovery earlier this month when he found a link to download his personal information online. “We have to…
AU: AMP among companies affected by data breach of 50,000 staff records
Namaan Zhou reports: The personal details of more than 4,000 government employees have been exposed in a massive data breach of 50,000 staff records from various companies across Australia. The leak, first reported by iTnews, is believed to be the second-largest data breach in Australian history, after the details of 550,000 blood donors were accidentally…
VEC discovers personal details of about 21,000 Victorian voters accidentally published online
Monique Hore reports: Thousands of Bayside residents’ names and addresses have been broadcast online in an electoral roll privacy breach. The Victorian Electoral Commission discovered in May that the details of about 21,000 voters in the 2015 Bayside council election could be found online, including the names and addresses of 28 people who have since become…
AZ Board of Education discloses FERPA incident, sends veiled threat to recipient of disclosed material?
The Arizona State Board of Education has notified parents on a breach: Whoops: The State Board of Education says it “inadvertently” released student information when it released records on A-F grading appeals. pic.twitter.com/jwHManpAbQ — Rachel Leingang (@rachelleingang) October 26, 2017 So here’s the thing: this is the state’s error in responding to a FOIA request…