AP reports: The state government watchdog says confidential personal information was found in documents from a job agency for Ohioans with disabilities that were discovered in an outdoor trash bin. A spokesman for Inspector General Randall Meyer said it was unclear Monday how many Ohio Rehabilitation Services Commission records were involved and that the office…
Category: Exposure
BBC America Shop customer orders leaked
Over the weekend, I received an e-mail from a BBC America Shop customer revealing that the bbcamericashop.com site was leaking customers’ order information – names, billing and shipping addresses, phone numbers, item number ordered, and e-mail addresses. The exposed orders had been placed between June 10 of this year and that day. No credit card…
AU: ADP exposes client emails
Michael Lee reports: Payroll services company ADP Australia has inadvertently made a marketing email list accessible on the internet, exposing its customers to spam and phishing messages. The list, which ADP said was dated 2007, was being used at the time to send out ADP client newsletters. The company said the list only contained email…
UK: Southwark Council warned after personal data was missing for two years
The London Borough of Southwark Council breached the Data Protection Act by misplacing a computer and papers containing 7,200 peoples’ personal information which were discovered in a dumpster earlier this year. In a press release issued today , the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said the computer and papers were mistakenly left at one of the…
IL: Social Security numbers are disclosed on mailings to participants in Bright Directions college savings program
Monique Garcia report: The Social Security numbers of more than 36,000 people enrolled in a college savings program run by the Illinois treasurer’s office appeared on the outside of envelopes mailed to participants late last month. The potentially compromising information was printed near the space designated for the recipient’s name and address on quarterly newsletters…
PA: Names and Social Security numbers of Public School Employees’ Retirement System members exposed on Internet
Regina Medina reports: A recent security breach caused the names and Social Security numbers of about 2,000 members of the pension fund for Pennsylvania public school employees to be accessible to the public, state officials said Tuesday. The Public School Employees’ Retirement System sent a notification letter about the situation to about 2,000 of its…