Katy Morton reports: Private details of a number of childminders, including home addresses, have been published in error on HMRC’s Childcare Service website. The details, which have since been removed from the website, which providers and parents must access for Tax-Free Childcare and the 30 hours, appeared on its ‘Search for a Childcare Provider’ page,…
Category: Exposure
Ca: Data security breach at Campbell River high school prompts warning
Mike Davies reports: The Campbell River School District has sent out a warning to parents and guardians of Timberline Secondary students that some of their personal information was left unsecured on a school server and could possibly have been “inappropriately accessed.” District Secretary-Treasurer Kevin Patrick says the file in question contained “some student names, identification,…
Texas Association of School Boards data breach exposed thousands of teachers’ SSNs
Michelle Pedraza reports: Last week Laredo ISD employees were notified that there was a security breach involving very important information about its employees. As of right now, the district is not sure when the breach happened, but they know that the names and social security numbers of some LISD’s employees were made public on a…
Hundreds of Southern Illinois Healthcare Patients Potentially Impacted by Insurance Breach
Brad Palmer reports: Southern Illinois Healthcare is notifying more than 600 patients who might be impacted by a breach of their information. SIH Privacy Officer Marcia Matthias says it was an isolated incident involving the misdirection of data to other HIPPA-governed [sic] medical facilities by a third party vendor. SIH has a business relationship with…
Singapore watchdog penalizes firm for data breach
K.C. Vijayan reports: The Personal Data Protection Commission imposed a $3,000 financial penalty on DataPost, a business printing and mailing solutions provider, for a data breach that led to leaks of personal financial information. The commission, which probed the case, said the sensitive nature of the data was an aggravating factor. But it was mitigated…
Former Miami-Dade Students Suing School Board Over Publishing Of Private Info
CBS Miami reports: Two former Miami-Dade school students claim the Miami-Dade County School Board was reckless and negligent for publishing students’ private information on the Miami-Dade County Public Schools (MDCPS) website. The students said a simple internet search of their names brings up all sorts of private info. Information such as social security number, developmental…