Yesterday, I posted a story from BBC about how patient data from two hospitals was found on hard drives being sold to the public. That same study by BT and University of Glamorgan also found corporate data. Channel4 News in the UK summarizes some of what was found. To excerpt from their summary as it…
Category: Exposure
UK: HBOS postal error could breach data security law
Maryrose Fison of Citywire reports: HBOS has accidentally sent the details of a number of customers to a consumer who lodged a complaint. The bank sent an elderly customer what appears to be a screen shot from its customer relations department, giving the names of 11 customers and corresponding complaint numbers and dates.
UK: Patient data found on hard drives
From the BBC: Medical records, confidential letters and X-rays of patients in Lanarkshire have been found on second-hand computer hard drives. Two disks bought for a study on data security contained sensitive information from Monklands and Hairmyres hospitals. NHS Lanarkshire said the disks were disposed of in 2006 before it improved its data protection procedures….
OR: Sensitive Docs Found In Recycle Bin
KPTV reports that residents of the Spencer House Apartment Complex found hundreds of private documents unshredded in a recycling bin last week. The documents reportedly included Social Security numbers, addresses, phone numbers, immigration numbers and names, bank statements and rental applications. Tualatin Valley Housing Partners said the company is investigating how the documents ended up…
Two email gaffes expose Dutch subscribers’ email addresses
Dutch newsletter subscribers seem to be having a tough time recently keeping their email addresses private. According to Karin Spaink‘s blog, first the police accidentally exposed 650 newsletter recipients’ addresses in the cc-field instead of using the bcc-field of a newsletter, and then Het Dagblad van het Noorden exposed a .txt file with 32.781 e-mail…
Ca: Teacher web site exposes student info
Kate Adams of BayToday reports that a Widdifield Secondary School teacher’s web site exposed student information including contact information and Ontario Health Insurance Program numbers. An investigation revealed that the information was only exposed briefly and that there were only a few “hits.” The school board was able to ascertain the IPs of those accessing…