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AL: Unsecured documents found at Banks Middle School

Posted on June 22, 2013 by Dissent

Cory McGinnis reports, “The documents are the records of former Banks Middle School students, that include addresses, phone numbers, and even social security numbers.”  How many years have the documents been unsecured and exposed this way? And will anyone be notifying those whose records were so exposed?  

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Facebook Security Breach Exposes Six Million Email Addresses and Telephone Numbers

Posted on June 21, 2013 by Dissent

Kara Swisher reports: Facebook reported on Friday a bug in its system “that may have allowed some of a person’s contact information (email or phone number) to be accessed by people who either had some contact information about that person or some connection to them.” The bug, which was reported via Facebook’s crowdsourced, White Hat security researcher program,…

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ADP “software code error” exposes Houston govt. employees’ info online

Posted on June 20, 2013 by Dissent

Cindy George reports: Technical issues encountered by the city of Houston’s payroll contractor could have potentially exposed personal information for nearly 5,000 local government workers, including more than 1,000 in the Houston Police Department. Widespread notice about the compromised data emerged on Wednesday when the Houston Police Officers’ Union posted a notice to members on its…

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Dumpster discoveries anger tenants

Posted on June 20, 2013 by Dissent

Robert Townsend reports: Some former applicants and tenants are frustrated after finding their social security numbers, bank statements and other personal information in a dumpster at the Eldorado Apartments on E. 67th Street in Raytown, Mo. Read more on Fox4

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Privacy Commissioner details ‘web leakage’ research, but declines to name sites found in violation

Posted on June 13, 2013 by Dissent

Matthew Braga reports: The Office of Canada’s Privacy Commissioner has declined to name 11 Canadian websites found to be leaking personal information to third parties without the knowledge of users, but revealed in a blog post that privacy practices had improved after being notified of the government’s concerns. A study found that user names, email…

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Australian customers’ private phone calls online

Posted on June 9, 2013 by Dissent

Ben Grubb reports: “This call may be recorded for training and quality purposes.” And perhaps inadvertently uploaded to the internet if you’re a customer of a certain Australian telco. Recorded voice contracts containing personally identifiable information between telco IF Telecom and its customers have been found online by an Australian security expert while performing a…

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