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UK: Baby records theft sparks inquiry

Posted on May 11, 2009 by Dissent

From the BBC: An inquiry is under way after the records of babies born in Aberdeen Maternity Hospital were handed in after apparently being stolen. Letters of apology have been sent to 175 parents after the records of their babies born between 2001 and 2008 were given to NHS Grampian. The documents appeared to have…

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Deja vu all over again: Another Continental Airlines laptop stolen

Posted on May 9, 2009 by Dissent

Continental Airlines, which reported a laptop stolen from their Newark office earlier this year found themselves again in the unenviable position of notifying employees of yet a second stolen laptop. On March 30, a laptop was stolen that contained employee information such as name, Social Security number, Continental ID number, position title, and contact address….

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Godwin Pumps of America employee data on stolen laptop

Posted on May 9, 2009 by Dissent

On March 4, a laptop containing personal information on about 180 employees of Godwin Pumps of America was stolen in Cobb County, Georgia. According to the notification (pdf) sent by the firm’s lawyers, information on the password-protected laptop contained the employees’ names, addresses, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers. There was no indication of…

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Laptop with Catalent Pharma Solutions employee data stolen

Posted on May 9, 2009 by Dissent

On February 23, a laptop assigned to a Corporate Human Resources Department employee of Catalent Pharma Solutions was stolen from vehicle in New Jersey. The laptop contained information on 2,656 current and former employees, including their names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and salary information. The laptop was reportedly password-protected. Catalent’s draft of their notification (pdf)…

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Thieves steal laptops with Ultimate Ears customer data

Posted on May 9, 2009 by Dissent

A burglary earlier this year at the Irvine California office of Ultimate Ears resulted in the theft of laptops containing customer data and credit card numbers. Ultimate Ears, a product unit of Logitech, Inc. reported (pdf) the theft to the Maryland Attorney General’s Office on March 6. The company advised affected consumers to cancel their…

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UK: Sensitive data on eBay computers, Part 2

Posted on May 8, 2009 by Dissent

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…

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