Marshall Zelinger reports: COLORADO SPRINGS – Your personal information is available for anyone to get their hands on. Customers at a now-closed Hollywood Video near South Academy and Chelton Road may have their personal information just sitting in the trash outside the building. NEWSCHANNEL 13 found piles of trash with names, phone numbers, addresses, birth…
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OR: Hundreds of personal files dumped at Redmond site
Amy Easley reports: Dozens of boxes containing personal information, from bills to bank statements, were discovered at the Negus Transfer Station in Redmond Saturday morning. Joe, a Crooked River Ranch resident, said Monday he came across the files while he was unloading his recyclables. “I started looking at the files, and there was probably a…
Email leaks 350 Baptist East employee Social Security numbers
Here’s another case in which people whose data were revealed found out first from the media instead of from the entity responsible for protecting their data. WHAS11 reports: For the second time in less than a week hundreds of people in Kentuckiana are worrying about identity theft after their employer accidentally released their social security…
UK: ‘Senstive information posted’ on town hall website
Data protection rules have come under the microscope after residents’ driving licences and utility bills were allegedly posted on a council’s website. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is now investigating complaints made about Ashford council’s online planning archive, which contains scans of documents dating back to 1984. Usually such files are limited to letters, application…
Computing website apologises for data gaffe
John Oates reports: Venerable tech mag Computing has apologised to readers who clicked on a link in a marketing email only to find a completed form filled with someone else’s account details. The email offered readers who filled in the survey the chance to win an Aston Martin track day. However, it appears that all…
Security Flaws Discovered In Calif. EDD Website
Anna Werner reports: For laid off workers such as Tom Diederich of Pacifica, it’s a requirement: To get unemployment benefits you have to post your resume on CalJOBS, the state’s job site. “I filled out my employment history and I saved it,” said Diederich, who bookmarked it for future reference. But the next day when…