JKR staff report: In a sensational revelation, an RTI reply has indicated that a private vendor previously employed by the ministry of defence may have walked away with the personal data of 50 lakh ex-servicemen. The reply by the MoD, headed by Nirmala Sitharaman, raises several worrying questions in light of the latest reports of…
Category: Theft
Southeast Clinical Pathology Laboratories Notifies Patients of Stolen Laptop
From the notice on their web site: March 21, 2018 – Clinical Pathology Laboratories Southeast, Inc. (“CPLSE”) has become aware of a data security incident that may have involved the personal and protected health information of its patients and their payment guarantors. On September 20, 2017, a laptop issued to a CPLSE employee was stolen….
LA talent agency burglarized of three computers with private data
Francesca Bacardi reports: Los Angeles talent agency Innovative Artists might have exposed clients and employees’ “personal information” in a possible data security incident when it was burglarized last month, according to a letter from the agency obtained by Page Six. The agency’s Santa Monica office was burglarized at 11 p.m. on Feb. 11, where three…
Stolen University Hard Drive Potentially Exposes Thousands of Records
Robert Rodriguez reports: The theft of an external hard drive at Fresno State could expose the personal data of at least 15,000 people. The hard drive was reported missing Jan. 12 and Fresno State officials said some of the files may have contained personal information, including names, addresses, phone numbers, birth dates, credit card numbers,…
Santa Cruz Biotechnology notifies employees after burglar snagged their information
From Santa Cruz Biotechnology’s notification template: On Monday, December 18, 2017, we discovered that a burglary had occurred in our Santa Cruz office on or around December 17, 2017. We immediately contacted law enforcement and began an investigation in order to determine what happened and what may have been affected as a result. As a…
California College of the Arts notifies people of stolen laptop
So I read the first sentence of the description of an incident reported by California College of the Arts, and wanted to just walk away: On Friday January 19, 2018, a College laptop used by an employee was stolen out of the employee’s vehicle. Why? WHY? WHY is this still happening? But I made myself…