Jodi S. Cohen reports: The Social Security numbers of about 9,100 University of Chicago employees were printed on the outside of a postcard mailed earlier this week to faculty and staff, the university disclosed today. Read more on Chicago Tribune. Doesn’t anyone actually look at address labels for a mailing before it goes out? Sheesh….
Category: Exposure
NZ: IRD says sorry for privacy breach
Inland Revenue has apologised after personal details for just under 30 customers were incorrectly released. Deputy Commissioner Service Delivery Arlene White said a preliminary internal investigation indicated last week’s incident may have been caused by a manual handling error. “We have contacted the recipient of this information and our highest priority is the return…
RiteAid mobile app left customer prescription history vulnerable – customer
Cross-posted PHIprivacy.net: When Michael Ramirez recently used RiteAid’s mobile app to check on a prescription, he never expected to be able to access other customers’ names, addresses, and prescription records. But he was able to, and now Ramirez, a computer scientist working for the Navy’s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command in Charleston, is going…
UK: Crown Prosecution Service grovels after leaking IDs of hundreds arrested during student riots
Jane Fae Ozimek reports: A botched response to a Freedom Of Information Act request could be about to cost the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) dear. Prosecutors have issued grovelling apologies after revealing the identities of over a hundred people who were arrested during the tuition-fee riots but subsequently released without charge. […] The CPS provided…
Winnipeg MP’s mass email exposes 1,500 addresses
CBC News reports: A Winnipeg Conservative MP’s recent email is raising privacy concerns, as it displays the email addresses of more than 1,500 recipients. Bateman’s Bulletin, an electronic newsletter sent by Winnipeg South Centre MP Joyce Bateman’s office on Friday evening, did not conceal the names or email addresses of those who received it. Bateman’s…
IEEE leaks 100,000 members’ usernames and plain-text passwords (update3)
Seen on Slashdot, Radu Dragusin writes: IEEE suffered a data breach which I discovered on September 18. For a few days I was uncertain what to do with the information and the data. Yesterday I let them know, and they fixed (at least partially) the problem. The usernames and passwords kept in plaintext were publicly…