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UK: ICO fines Glasgow City Council £150K

Posted on June 9, 2013 by Dissent

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued Glasgow City Council with a monetary penalty of £150,000 following the loss of two unencrypted laptops, one of which contained the personal information of 20,143 people. The serious breach of the Data Protection Act comes after the council was previously issued with an enforcement notice three years ago, following a…

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TX: At least one Arlington school district employee has reported unauthorized financial activity after laptop theft

Posted on June 9, 2013 by Dissent

Patrick M. Walker reports:  School district officials said Thursday that they have heard from one employee whose financial information has been compromised since two laptops were stolen from the Arlington district’s benefits office last week. However, district spokeswoman Leslie Johnston said, it was not known whether the unauthorized activity was directly related to the theft….

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ENRC fears data loss from hacking and stolen laptop

Posted on May 23, 2013 by Dissent

Terry Macalister reports: The mining group Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation warned on Thursday that it may have lost internal data as a result of computer hacking and the theft of a laptop. The problems add to a complicated picture for ENRC, a London-based but Kazakh-facing producer of minerals from iron ore to coal, which received an indicative takeover offer…

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MS: Head Start records containing personal information stolen from Moss Point office

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Dissent

April Havens reports:  Residents’ personal information could be in jeopardy after someone took Head Start records from Jackson County Civic Action Committee Inc.’s Jefferson Street facility in Moss Point. Spokeswoman Hannah Donegan sent out a news release today saying the theft occurred between April and April 24, and a police report has been filed in…

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FTC Approves Final Order Settling Charges Against Cbr Systems, Inc.

Posted on May 5, 2013 by Dissent

Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final order settling charges that Cbr Systems, Inc. failed to protect the security of customers’ personal information and that its inadequate security practices led to a breach that exposed the Social Security numbers and debit and credit card information of nearly 300,000 consumers. As part…

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When, oh when, will people stop leaving unencrypted laptops in their cars?

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Dissent

OptiNose US Inc. has been notifying some of its consultants that their names and Social Security numbers were on a laptop stolen from an employee’s car. The laptop was stolen on March 26 in a Philadelphia suburb, and OptiNose started sending out notification letters on April 16.  The letter did not inform recipients that the…

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