Another case where a FOI (freedom of information) response exposed too much: A data blunder which saw the council release sensitive staff information has been branded ‘sloppy and embarrassing’ by the recipient. Roger Gill originally submitted a Freedom of Information (FoI) request to Horsham District Council after receiving no response to a complaint about Acorn…
Category: Exposure
Auburn University error exposes donor and alumni information on public server
On June 19, Auburn University in Alabama learned that spreadsheets containing donor and alumni information had been accidentally uploaded to a public server. The spreadsheets contained an undisclosed number of donor and alumni’s names, maiden names, postal and email addresses, telephone numbers, and Social Security numbers. The spreadsheets also contained former students’ years of attendance,…
Flaw in E-mailing System Exposes Millions of Mexicans’ E-mails
Bogdan Botezatu reports: A massive numbers of Prodigy subscribers in Mexico have had their email conversations exposed overnight because of a security flaw in the company’s mobile e-mail and web-based mail systems. According to a news report by El Economista, the flaw allowed search engines to simply index private conversations and list them on the…
UK: ICO Looking Into Daily Mail Privacy Fail
Tom Brewster reports: The Daily Mail has leaked user data thanks to a technical glitch that appeared to sign its online readers in as the wrong person. The popular right-leaning paper will now face inquiries from the UK’s privacy watchdog. On Tuesday, users complained that when they logged in to the Mail Online, they were recognised as a…
Personal identity records found in dumpster along downtown Cleveland sidewalk
Today’s education sector breach: Personal identity records were discovered Tuesday in a dumpster alongside the former Cleveland school administration building. The building is undergoing renovations for a new hotel and the school district says it has been moving decades of records out for safekeeping or shredding. Even so, some personal information has found its way…
Yep, let’s just keep discarding sensitive info…
WPMI reports from Alabama on what they found when they went dumpster diving at about a dozen title loan and cash advance businesses in the Mobile, Alabama area: In the dumpster out front of Alabama Title Loans on busy Springhill Avenue, I found dozens of documents, not shredded, and all full of personal information. “Here’s…