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IN: Personal Info Found Dumped Outside School

Posted on November 1, 2010 by Dissent

The state is investigating after a box full of personal information was found dumped in a trash bin near a downtown school. …. A recent search turned up a box of payroll stubs from the Thai Cafe in Broad Ripple. […] The stubs, from the year 2000, had been in the possession of Richard Fischer,…

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(update) Telstra: privacy breach mail-out was our fault, not printer’s

Posted on October 31, 2010 by Dissent

Daniel Fitzgerald reports: Telstra has said an internal error – not the printer, SEMA – was behind the privacy breach bungle that last week saw around 220,000 letters delivered to wrong addresses. It is understood that SEMA, which handled the printing and mailing of the letter discussing upcoming fixed line price changes, was supplied with…

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UH West O’ahu security breach affects Mānoa students

Posted on October 28, 2010 by Dissent

The University of Hawaii has just posted a breach notice concerning the incident described in an earlier blog entry: The University of Hawai`i – West O`ahu (UHWO) is notifying approximately 40,000 individuals that their personal information may have been compromised. The exposure occurred when a faculty member inadvertently uploaded files containing data including names, social…

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University of Hawaii-Manoa Breaches exposes sensitive info on 40,000 students

Posted on October 28, 2010 by Dissent

It’s bad enough when your system gets hacked. It’s worse when the breach is self-inflicted. This just in: The University of Hawaii-Manoa has breached the personal information of 40,101 students who attended between 1990-1998 and 2001, including names, social security numbers, dates of birth, addresses, demographic, and detailed academic performance data. … The information was…

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Students’ personal information posted online inadvertently

Posted on October 28, 2010 by Dissent

Lina Savickas reports: The personal information of about 400 Benedictine students and a few non-students within the Election Judge Training Program was inadvertently posted online on the program’s Facebook page, according to Executive Vice President Charlie Gregory. Personal information including Social Security numbers, dates of birth, e-mail addresses and telephone numbers was on a spreadsheet…

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Ca: Personal data at risk, study found

Posted on October 28, 2010 by Dissent

Dana Flavelle reports that private investigators hired by an association of secure document disposal companies found lots of personal information in dumpsters in the Greater Toronto area. Doctors offices and car dealers got an unwanted shout-out in their findings. Most organizations, especially large banks and hospitals, are doing a good job of disposing of sensitive…

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