Andrew Hough and Martin Beckford report: The controversial database containing personal details of all 11 million children in England has suffered at least three security breaches even before its nationwide launch. At least 51,100 people have also demanded to have their personal information hidden from users of ContactPoint amid persistent fears that it is unsafe….
Category: Exposure
NC: Wake School System Released Private Checking, Routing Number
David N. Bass reports: Leaders of a conservative parent group in Wake County are upset that the school system’s public information office released a copy of a personal check from one of its founding members that included her account number. Kristen Stocking, who serves on the Wake Community Schools Alliance’s steering committee, criticized officials for…
ExposeObama.com exposes personal info
Ken Thomas of The Associated Press reports: Credit card numbers and other personal information about more than a hundred contributors to a conservative Web site unexpectedly showed up by fax at a Democratic lawmaker’s office. Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., said over recent weeks his office has received 139 faxes from ExposeObama.com, a Web site run…
18,000 pay statements sent to wrong addresses
William H. McMichael reports: Pay statements containing names and sensitive information about the finances of about 18,000 recipients of a special pay for disabled retirees were sent to wrong addressees last week, the Defense Finance and Accounting Service said Jan. 14. The statements, a page of which contained information about annual increases in Concurrent Retirement…
Western Michigan U. exposed student info on web
On December 14, Western Michigan University discovered that some student employees’ names, addresses, department, and Social Security numbers were exposed on a WMU web page “for a brief period of time.” According to a notification sent by ID Experts to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office on December 22, the university secured the information immediately…
UK: Action taken after personal details found in waste bins
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has found Bellgrange Mortgages and Insurance Services Ltd in breach of the Data Protection Act after clients’ details were found in two large waste bins intended for the use of local residents. The organization, based in Stanmore, has signed an official Undertaking to improve data security. The material included mortgage…