Jackie Crosby reports: The state’s Office of the Legislative Auditor said Thursday that a data privacy breach at MNsure involving 1,600 Social Security numbers was unintentional, but that slack internal procedures at the new health insurance exchange agency “contributed directly” to the disclosure. In a 22-page report, Legislative Auditor Jim Nobles found “no evidence of…
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AU: Hunter United Credit Union admits it tried to avoid embarrassment over email privacy breach
So you goofed and disclosed customers’ e-mail addresses in the To: or CC: field. Should you: (a) immediately acknowledge the gaffe, or (b) say nothing and hope that people don’t notice? Hint: the correct answer is (a).
NZ: Westpac remains tight-lipped about privacy incident
Jimmy Ellingham has update on a breach first reported back in April. Westpac remains tight-lipped about a privacy breach where customer details went walkabout from one of its Palmerston North branches. The bank will not confirm if it has told affected customers what happened. Meanwhile, the man who was accused of taking documents has not…
HealthCare.gov has already had a privacy breach – report. Get it together, folks.
It seems like healthcare.gov has had a security breach already in which limited personal information from two applicants was disclosed to another applicant. Kelsey Harris and Rob Bluey report: Justin Hadley logged on to HealthCare.gov to evaluate his insurance options after his health plan was canceled. What he discovered was an apparent security flaw that disclosed eligibility letters addressed…
Vendor’s printing error exposes TD Bank customers’ account numbers to other customers
TD Bank has notified thousands of customers after a vendor’s printing error exposed their names, addresses, and account numbers to other customers. In a letter dated October 17, TD Bank’s Head of Privacy & Social Media Compliance Albert M. Raymond notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office of the incident involving customers’ September bank account…
PA: Personal information of Rent-A-Center customers discovered in Port Richmond dumpster
John Rawlins reports: A sharp eyed city Streets Department sanitation officer came across critical personal information casually tossed in a Port Richmond dumpster. The discovery took place outside the Rent-A-Center at Aramingo and Ontario. “What I discovered was several different folders with fully filled out credit applications for Rent-A-Center,” Officer Brian Chavis of Sanitation Enforcement…