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Personal Documents from DHEC Found in Recycling Bin

Posted on March 2, 2010 by Dissent

The Department of Health and Environmental Control has asked the SC Law Enforcement Division to look into allegations that DHEC documents were found in the City of Columbia public recycling bin located behind state agency office buildings on Bull Street. DHEC has recovered and secured the documents, and turned them over to SLED. SLED officials…

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GA: Law firm says it didn’t dump personal data

Posted on February 26, 2010 by Dissent

Ralph Ellis reports that two law firms have issued statements in response to previous media reports that their firms may have been responsible for records containing confidential data dumped in a Smyrna recycling center: Wilson, Brock and Irby issued a statement Thursday saying an employee of the firm went to the recycling center Wednesday “to…

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Nl: Student info often leaked

Posted on February 26, 2010 by Dissent

Karin Spaink provides an English summary of a news story on education sector breaches in the Netherlands: The teachers union (Algemene Onderwijsbond) researched how often student information is accessible via Google. They found quite a lot: list of home addresses, student reports, progress reports, assessment reports. The union notified all the universities, faculties and training…

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Nl: Data on hundreds of politicians leaked

Posted on February 26, 2010 by Dissent

Karin Spaink provides an  English summary of a recent breach reported in Dutch media: The addresses, telephone numbers, mobile phone numbers, home e-mail addresses and work e-mail addresses of hundreds of politicians (all members of the PvdA, the Dutch social democrats) and a number of their sponsors are out in the open. Although the list…

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FTC investigates some firms in P2P leaks

Posted on February 26, 2010 by Dissent

Jaikumar Vijayan of Computerworld was able to see a redacted copy of a  letter (Civil Investigative Demand) sent by the FTC to some of the organizations who were found to be leaking information via P2P networks: It showed the agency is seeking information, dating back to mid-2007, on a wide-range of technology and process-related topics….

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Citi Apologizes for Envelope Gaffe

Posted on February 25, 2010 by Dissent

Darryl R. Isherwood reports: About 600,000 Citigroup customers got a shock earlier this month when they received their annual tax documents – with their Social Security numbers printed on the outside of the envelope. A Citi spokesman blamed a processing error for the glitch and said it has already been fixed. […] “The digits were…

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