NewsTalk980 reports: The Nanaimo school district is apologizing after a printout containing students’ personal information fell into the hands of the wrong parent. […] Parents had reported getting a printout with their child’s personal information on one side, but with the information of a second student on the other. The printout detailed things like phone…
Category: Exposure
UK: Data breach shock at trust which runs FGH in Barrow
The North-West Evening Mail reports: Confidential medical information including patient names, addresses and medical details were found abandoned in public places last year. The private documents were handed in to health bosses after being located in a bin, a hospital car park and a recently-cleaned hospital apartment, a report has revealed. A fourth serious data…
AU: Immigration investigation judged ‘unfair’ after asylum seeker data breach
Nicole Hasham reports: Former immigration minister Scott Morrison presided over an “unfair” investigation that ensured asylum seekers were unsuccessful in showing a serious data bungle made it more dangerous to return home, the Federal Court has found. The privacy breach, when the Immigration Department published online the confidential details of almost 10,000 asylum seekers, raised the prospect that…
Watchdog probe after Invest NI hit by series of data breaches
Simon Rowe reports: Invest NI has been hit by a series of data breaches, with two incidents leading to the disclosure of high-risk information, it can be revealed. […] There were six incidents of unauthorised disclosure of confidential data in the past 12 months alone. In the past five years, Invest NI has reported the…
Veterans Administration reports fewer HIPAA breaches in August
Wow. The August, 2015 report by the Veterans Administration to Congress is probably the best I’ve ever seen from them. Although they reported some incidents involving accidental disclosure from mis-mailings, etc., I don’t see even one incident affecting multiple individuals. Well done, VA!
Comcast penalized $33 million by PUC for privacy breach
George Avalos reports: State regulators on Thursday approved a $33 million settlement with Comcast in connection with an unauthorized disclosure of unlisted names, phone numbers and addresses of 75,000 of the telecommunications giant’s customers. The names, phone numbers and addresses of the unlisted and non-published customers became available on Comcast’s online director (sic), in one…