A Houston tax preparer, BBS, Inc. (also known as Bill’s Bookkeeping Service) linked to hundreds of improperly discarded documents containing personal information said that an employee was to blame for the improper disposal. Joel Eisenbaum reports on Click2Houston.
Category: Exposure
IE: Investigations to examine why farmers’ files found on Galway roadside
Alison Healy reports: Three investigations are now underway into how thousands of documents containing farmers’ personal details ended up on a roadside outside Tuam, Co Galway. The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner and Galway County Council both said they were investigating the incident. The Agricultural Consultants’ Association also said it was trying to get to the bottom of the incident. Read…
Wandera Finds Official NFL App to be Leaking Users’ Personal Data Just Days Ahead of The Big Game
The following is a press release from Wandera. So far, I haven’t found a response from NFL Mobile, but if I do, I’ll update this. While NFL fans across the country are gearing up to watch the big game on February 1 at University of PhoenixStadium in Glendale, Arizona, hackers may be snatching their private data from the mobile devices in…
University of Oregon unlawfully releases 22,000 pages with confidential faculty, staff and student records
Richard Read reports: University of Oregon officials have placed two employees on leave after the “unlawful release” of 22,000 pages of records from the president’s office, including confidential information on faculty, staff and students. Interim UO President Scott Coltrane sent out an email Tuesday night, addressed to colleagues, saying an investigation was underway. Although no Social Security numbers, financial…
IE: Shatter loses appeal over data breach
RTÉ reports: Former minister for justice Alan Shatter has lost his appeal against a decision by the Data Protection Commissioner that he breached the Data Protection Act. The commissioner found Mr Shatter breached the act by disclosing information about independent TD Mick Wallace on RTÉ’s Prime Time in 2013. Mr Shatter had suggested Mr Wallace benefitted…
Police commander sacked over ‘sensitive leak’
BBC reports: A London police borough commander has been sacked by a disciplinary panel for giving details of a “sensitive” police investigation to a journalist. Det Ch Supt Andy Rowell was dismissed without notice after a disciplinary panel found allegations of gross misconduct against him had been proven. The panel heard he had let a…