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UK: ICO fines HIV support network for repeated e-mail gaffes exposing individuals’ names

Posted on December 18, 2015 by Dissent

The Information Commissioner’s Office has fined the Bloomsbury Patient Network (BPN) after it inadvertently revealed the identities of HIV patients on two occasions  due to placing all addresses for a newsletter distribution list in the “to” field instead of the “bcc” field. BPN was fined £250, which may seem somewhat mild considering the potential embarrassment to individuals….

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More federal hot water for Nomi after possible phone tracking database leak?

Posted on December 17, 2015 by Dissent

Regular readers of PogoWasRight.org may recall that Nomi Technology ran afoul of Section 5 of the FTC Act over statements in its privacy policy that it did not live up to. To settle charges by the FTC, they signed a consent order in April, 2015. But now they may be facing some more questions from the FTC, because researcher…

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UK: Maidstone Borough Council refers parking permit data breach to Information Commissioner’s Office

Posted on December 17, 2015 by Dissent

Joshua Coupe reports: Maidstone council has apologised after it emerged hundreds of residents’ personal details could potentially be viewed online. More than 870 people are thought to be affected by the error reported when a new car parking permit application site went live on their website earlier this month. Concerns were raised when eagle-eyed users…

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AU: Over 30,000 Optus customers’ debt data exposed on job freelancer site

Posted on December 17, 2015 by Dissent

Josh Taylor reports: The personal data of 31,150 mostly former Optus customers was posted on short-term job website Freelancer.com in major breach of their privacy, Crikey can reveal. Earlier this week, Crikey reported that an employee of the telecommunications company’s debt collector ARC Mercantile had posted a spreadsheet of data of customers who owed a…

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UAE: Extortion demand refused by InvestBank, hacker goes on data dump rampage

Posted on December 16, 2015 by Dissent

Mazhar Farooqui reports an update to a hack and data dump involving InvestBank customers: The cyber criminal who hacked into a Sharjah bank last month has gone on the rampage. After the bank refused to give into his blackmail and pay $3 million in ransom money, the criminal Hacker Buba has posted the confidential details…

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More details emerge on Hellgate student info breach

Posted on December 16, 2015 by Dissent

And this, children, is another reminder of what can go oh-so-very-wrong when you don’t follow procedures and protocols. Cassidy Belus reports: Missoula County Public Schools held a press conference Dec. 15 to address the recent Hellgate data breach, which accidentally released personal student information via email. Information about approximately 1,100 students were released. Assistant principal Libby…

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