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Two more Dutch data breaches

Posted on July 14, 2010 by Dissent

Karin Spaink summarizes and translates two more breaches: City leaks bank numbers Private data of people who have received a building license in Groningen, is visible via the city’s website. (One needs to apply for such a license when expanding one’s house or building an addendum to it.) Data disclosed are names, addresses, bank numbers,…

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Ohio agency accidentally exposes personal data of disabled – twice

Posted on July 12, 2010 by Dissent

Alan Johnson reports: Personal and sensitive medical information on 200 developmentally disabled Ohioans was accidentally posted twice on a state computer network in the past 10 days. Officials with the Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities said yesterday that the incident was not a “data breach” because the general public never had access to the information….

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(follow-up) Private info accidentally released

Posted on July 8, 2010 by Dissent

Fran Handy reports that after the Sparta School District in New Jersey erroneously sent out the unredacted version of a spread sheet containing vendors’ SSN and other information — instead of the redacted one that they had prepared in response to an open records request — the District has had some trouble getting the data…

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(follow-up) Former FDIC Employee Fined for Leaking Financial Data

Posted on July 6, 2010 by Dissent

Merikay Wootton, 63, Lenexa, Kan., has been sentenced to 24 months probation and fined $3,600 for disclosing confidential information while she was an employee of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Wootton pleaded guilty to unlawfully disclosing confidential information from a government agency. In her plea, she admitted she was working as a loan officer for…

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UF officials notify patients of privacy breach

Posted on July 6, 2010 by Dissent

University of Florida officials have notified 2,047 people that their Social Security or Medicaid identification numbers were included on address labels affixed to letters inviting them to participate in a research study. The letters were sent through the U.S. Postal Service on May 24, and the information also was shared with a telephone survey company….

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MA: State’s error unveiled Social Security numbers

Posted on July 6, 2010 by Dissent

Todd Wallack reports that the Massachusetts secretary of state’s office goofed when it responded to an information request from IA Week, an investment industry publication. Instead of sending the requested list of registered investment companies, it sent a list of 139,000 investment advisers registered with the state, complete with their information: In addition to their…

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