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Private data of 8,600 Ont. teachers compromised

Posted on January 27, 2010 by Dissent

Laptops containing sensitive records belonging to thousands of Ontario teachers have been stolen, CBC News has learned. The three laptops contained names, addresses, birth dates and social insurance numbers of some 8,600 teachers, most of whom work at elementary schools for the Toronto District School Board. The computers were stolen from the Waterloo, Ont., offices…

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UCSF patient records possibly compromised

Posted on January 27, 2010 by Dissent

Victoria Colliver reports: Medical records for about 4,400 UCSF patients are at risk after thieves stole a laptop from a medical school employee in November, UCSF officials said today. The laptop, which was stolen on or about Nov. 30, was found in Southern California on Jan. 8. There is no indication that unauthorized access to…

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TX: Hospital laptop stolen, putting patient info at risk

Posted on January 26, 2010 by Dissent

KTRK reports: The theft of a laptop computer from a medical office has put hundreds of people at a greater risk of identity theft. On Friday, the Methodist Hospital notified 689 people that someone stole a laptop from an office at the Smith Tower in the Texas Medical Center. Hospital spokeswoman Stephanie Acin told Eyewitness…

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TN: BlueCross computer theft already costs $7 million

Posted on January 26, 2010 by Dissent

Dave Flessner reports: What was initially assumed to be just a glitch in some soon-to-be-discarded computer equipment last fall has grown into one of Chattanooga’s most expensive property crimes of the year. BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee said Monday it already has spent more than $7 million to respond to the theft last October of computer…

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MO: Former police officer, wife plead guilty to ID theft targeting UCM students

Posted on January 22, 2010 by Dissent

Beth Phillips, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a former officer for the University of Central Missouri Police Department and his wife have pleaded guilty in federal court to their roles in an identity theft conspiracy that targeted students at the university. Amanda J. Drake, 30, of Warrensburg, Mo.,…

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UK: Privacy watchdog takes action after thousands of health records are stolen

Posted on January 22, 2010 by Dissent

Mark Hackett, the Chief Executive of Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust (SUHT), has made a formal commitment to improve data security after the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) found SUHT in breach of the Data Protection Act. On 19 October 2009 a member of SUHT staff left an unencrypted laptop containing sensitive personal information in a…

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