Documents containing personal information and photos of children in north Worcestershire have been stolen. Around 40 of the passport-type documents relating to children who play for two football teams were taken from a football coach’s car in Redditch. Read more on BBC. The Redditch Advertiser also reports the theft, as does the West Mercia Police…
Category: Theft
Patients warned of data theft after burglary at Mill Valley doctor’s office
A reader kindly reminded me that I had posted something to PHIprivacy.net that probably should have been posted here as well, so here we go…. Will Jason reports: Patients at a Mill Valley medical office have been warned that credit card numbers and other personal information may have been compromised after a computer was…
UK: Surbiton Children’s Centre Nursery signs undertaking in wake of theft of student information
There was no press release on this, but Surbiton Children’s Centre Nursery in Surrey, England recently signed an undertaking with the Information Commissioner’s Office as a result of a breach. According to the undertaking that was posted to the ICO’s web site on June 14, a teacher’s bag containing a flash drive and papers was…
Patients warned of data theft after burglary at Mill Valley doctor’s office
Will Jason reports: Patients at a Mill Valley medical office have been warned that credit card numbers and other personal information may have been compromised after a computer was stolen in a recent burglary. “Many of our patient’s (sic) personal data was stolen including credit card information,” Dr. Morgan Camp wrote in an email sent…
SC: Laptops Stolen From Elementary School; Thumb Drive May Contain Sensitive Information
Confidential information may have been stolen from students at an Upstate school. Investigators say someone swiped two laptop computers over Memorial Day weekend. A thumb drive on one of those computers may have contained personal information about students. The thefts happened at Ravenel Elementary School in Seneca in the Oconee County School District. A window was popped out,…
AU: Computer with 66,000 records at Australian Institute of Company Directors stolen
Fran Foo reports: The information of 66,000 Australian Institute of Company Directors members and clients has been stolen following the theft of a single computer. This includes the personal information of 28,000 members such as names, addresses, phone numbers, date of birth and member number. Members range from some of Australia’s largest public and private…