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Santander sends up to 35,000 statements to wrong addresses (updated)

Posted on December 22, 2010 by Dissent

Guy Anker reports: Santander has admitted sending up to 35,000 bank statements to the wrong addresses, MoneySavingExpert.com can reveal. […] One MoneySaver from Stockport, who wishes to remain anonymous, has reported receiving somebody else’s statement today on the back of his. He says he could see the person’s name, address, bank details and recent transactions…

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NY: 61,001 Stony Brook University IDs Leaked On the Net

Posted on December 19, 2010 by Dissent

Kevin Lizarazo reports: A file containing 61,001 names, including NetIDs and SBU IDs, was leaked on the Internet on Dec. 14., prompting the Division of Information Technology (DoIT) to investigate the incident. Richard W. Reeder, DoIT’s Chief Information Officer, called the disclosure “very irresponsible.” A user posted the file on sbuchat.com, a website described on…

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UK: Oxford Aunts confidential client and employee data dropped in street

Posted on December 18, 2010 by Dissent

The personal details of more than 140 vulnerable pensioners were found on an unencrypted data stick dropped in Oxford city centre. […] The memory stick contained details, including names, addresses and telephone numbers of all the clients of Cornmarket Street-based Oxford Aunts, which provides private nursing care to dozens of elderly and infirm clients across…

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Personal info on drug informants, suspects, others exposed in Colo.

Posted on December 15, 2010 by Dissent

Kathleen Hickey provides a few more details on the Mesa County, Colorado breach (previously mentioned on this blog) that exposed personal information on informants and others: Potentially more than 200,000 files from the Mesa County Sheriff’s Office of Colorado, including sensitive data such as names, Social Security numbers and contact information on drug informants, employees,…

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VA: Portsmouth tax service dumps unshredded tax returns in dumpster

Posted on December 13, 2010 by Dissent

Once again, tax returns are found unshredded in a dumpster.  This time, WTKR reports that the tax records were prepared by Liberty Tax Service in Portsmouth, Virginia. Martin Thomas, Jr. with the Decker Law Firm says it’s a class 2 misdemeanor under state law which reads, “They may not dispose of, for the purpose of…

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Ca: Veteran ‘shocked’ after receiving medical records of other military members

Posted on December 12, 2010 by Dissent

Alison Auld of The Canadian Press reports: The Department of Defence has launched an investigation after a former member of the Canadian Forces found sensitive health and personal information about other military personnel in his medical file. Wayne Finn said he was stunned to discover everything from other service members’ social insurance numbers, blood test…

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