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Stolen laptop contained AARP employee data

Posted on June 6, 2009 by Dissent

AARP, the nonprofit association oriented to people over age 50, sent a letter to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office on June 3, informing Attorney General Ayotte that they had recently learned that a laptop was stolen from an employee’s home. The laptop, which was stolen on May 22, contained the names, social security numbers,…

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UK: Medical records of 7,000 patients stolen in GP break-in

Posted on June 5, 2009 by Dissent

Alison Anderson reports: A computer databank with personal information of thousands of patients is missing after a break-in at a doctors’ surgery. The hard drive and computer backup tapes containing names, details of illnesses, medical histories and referral letters of more than 7,000 patients in Hackney were taken in a break-in at Clapton’s Nightingale Practice….

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Almost 40000 VCU students notified of breach

Posted on June 5, 2009 by Dissent

Karin Kapsidelis of the Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that 17,214 current and former students at Virginia Commonwealth University are being notified that a computer containing their Social Security numbers was stolen from a secured area of the Cabell Library in mid-April. An additional 22,500 students are being notified that their names and test scores may have…

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Bits ‘n Pieces

Posted on June 5, 2009 by Dissent

In the justice system: Tamra Williams and Destiny Barron are accused of stealing and using the credit card information of customers at a Valdosta Applebee’s restaurant, where Williams was employed. More. Marla A. Arinze, a St. Louis police officer who resigned while under investigation, was sentenced to probation and 40 hours of community service for…

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(Update) UK: Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust breaches the Data Protection Act

Posted on June 4, 2009 by Dissent

This is a follow-up to the incident previously  reported here. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has found Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust in breach of the Data Protection Act after the Trust reported a desktop computer containing sensitive personal information relating to around 3,500 patients was stolen. Although the computer was password protected, it was…

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(Update) Belfast: Bank details on stolen laptops

Posted on June 4, 2009 by Dissent

As an update on a story reported here, BBC is now reporting that the computers stolen from the Department of Finance and Personnel in Belfast contained personal financial details: An email informed them that the computers contained information such as national insurance numbers and bank account details. It read: “Two of the laptops contained a…

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