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UK: Harrodian School pupils’ personal data shared online in “serious breach” of data protection

Posted on March 8, 2015 by Dissent

Laura Proto reports: The personal details of students at a fee-paying independent school have been shared online in a “serious breach” of data protection that could fall foul of the law. The Information Commissioner’s Office is investigating after unique pupil numbers (UPN), full names, year groups and houses of 62 students at Harrodian School, which…

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AU: Immigration removals delayed pending assessment of data breach

Posted on March 3, 2015 by Dissent

Patrick Gunning of King & Wood Mallesons writes: The Immigration department’s well publicised 2014 data security breach continues to cause difficulties for the Department. In late January and mid February the courts have issued interlocutory injunctions preventing the removal from Australia of certain asylum seekers pending the outcome of administrative law challenges to decisions to refuse…

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Vulnerability Exposes Thousands of GoPRO Users’ Wireless Passwords

Posted on March 3, 2015 by Dissent

Wang Wei reports: GoPro, the popular wearable high-definition camera manufacturer, has vulnerability (sic) in its official website that exposes usernames and passwords of thousand of its customers’ wireless network. Read more on The Hacker News. The vulnerability was reported by Ilya Chernyakov, who reports that US CERT contacted GoPro about the vulnerability he discovered.

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Ca: Privacy Breach as Employees Receive Other People’s T4 Forms

Posted on March 3, 2015 by Dissent

Every year, I expect to see a certain number of breach reports involving tax/wage statements. Here’s another one: VOCM News has learned that there has been a major privacy breach in Central Newfoundland. Employees with Municipal Affairs in Gander got their T4 slips in the mail yesterday. VOCM News has been told that four people…

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Computer error causes privacy breach for 700 Ontario welfare and disability recipients

Posted on March 2, 2015 by Dissent

Donovan Vincent and Richard J. Brennan report that an error involving Ontario’s Social Assistance Management System resulted in 720 assistance recipients having their social insurance numbers and benefits amount for 2014 sent to their former trustee instead of to them. The Ministry of Community and Social Services confirmed that a breach involving the T5 forms…

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Identities left exposed in Indiana salvage yards

Posted on March 2, 2015 by Dissent

Bennett Haeberle reports: The list of items was long: medical records, bank statements, insurance cards, employee identification cards, car registrations, a signature, a child’s name, dates of birth, and an application for welfare assistance. They’re things many people would keep under lock and key, but I-Team 8 found them scattered throughout auto salvage yards in…

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