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Quest Diagnostics notifies employees of breach after email attachment error (UPDATE)

Posted on December 19, 2014 by Dissent

Quest Diagnostics is notifying some employees that some of their personal information was inadvertently attached to an email sent outside the company. The email gaffe occurred on November 17, when a report containing employee information was attached to an email sent to two individuals with whom the firm has a business relationship. The error was reported…

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UK: Huge data leak sees personal details of 15,000 Hackney residents published online

Posted on December 19, 2014 by Dissent

Fiona Parker reports: A massive blunder has seen the sensitive personal details of 15,000 Hackney residents – including address, sexuality and rent accounts – leaked online. Bungling council officers have also revealed the age and housing benefit entitlement of Hackney Homes tenants and leaseholders in the botched Freedom of Information request, which was inadvertently published…

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Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel On Email Hacks: “Our Work Has Been Violated And Exposed”

Posted on December 18, 2014 by Dissent

Colleen Taylor reports: Snapchat co-founder and CEO Evan Spiegel today released a powerful statement about privacy, a day after the latest batch of emails released in the massive Sony Pictures hack exposed a number of Snapchat’s company secrets. On Tuesday afternoon, the hacker group that calls itself the “Guardians of Peace” released the contents of the email inbox of Sony…

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Scottish Widows data protection error ‘costs customer £50k’

Posted on December 18, 2014 by Dissent

Tessa Norman reports: A Scottish Widows customer claims the provider has cost him £50,000 after it breached the Data Protection Act by sending details of his pension to his ex-wife. The provider has offered the customer, who cannot be named for legal reasons, £500 in compensation for sending the information to an unauthorised address. But…

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VT: DCF email inadvertently shares foster parents’ personal info

Posted on December 17, 2014 by Dissent

Email errors are still not a thing of the past. Shelby Cashman reports: A registered Department for Children and Families foster parent who wants to remain anonymous says she feels violated. Her personal information, including Social Security number, was inadvertently emailed to 34 other foster parents by the Newport family services division of DCF. She is not…

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School bus smartcard security breach

Posted on December 16, 2014 by Dissent

Joanne Clague reports: Transport authorities have admitted that a parent was able to view another customer’s information when they purchased a Go School card online. The smartcards must be used by children travelling to school from January 7. It costs 25p per journey but children who are entitled to free school meals will not have to pay….

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