From the aw-c’mon-already-folks dept., Cynthia M. Ellis reports: Officials said they are changing how they dispose of public records after court documents were found in a recycling bin earlier this week behind the Madison County Wood River Facility. A Telegraph reporter received information Monday night about files found in an open bin behind the county…
Category: Exposure
Oops x 2: lack of logs confounds thorough breach investigation
The Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation realized that employee information – including SSN and financial information – was improperly accessible to other employees on its intranet. But its lack of adequate logging procedures made it impossible for them to determine who may have accessed the data, they report to the New Hampshire Attorney General.
UK: Man claims hard drive bought at car boot sale contained personal data from West Cheshire College
Carmella de Lucia reports: A computer hard drive allegedly loaded with more than 50,000 personal details of students and tutors from West Cheshire College was sold at a hospital car boot sale. The discovery was made by a shocked Pioneer reader who bought the second-hand computer tower and hard drive for £5 from a sale…
UK: Charity apologizes after confidential files found
From BBC: The Information Commissioner’s office says it has been informed about the serious data protection breach involving a helpline charity in Derry. Contact NI, which runs the Lifeline service, confirmed the identities of up to 20 people who contacted the service were clearly visible on some of the confidential documents that were found in…
Wrexham Council Email Blunder Reveals Personal Data
Rob Taylor reports: Workers at Wrexham Council were left with red faces yesterday after an email blunder saw personal information of residents being wrongly shared. Hundreds of names and personal e-mail addresses were divulged in a mail out of the authority’s annual tenant survey. One Wrexham.com reader described the error as “the council dropping a…
AU: Diggers’ personal details released in email
Privacy concerns have been raised after the personal details of thousands of former Australian Defence Force personnel were wrongly sent out in an email. The Defence Community Organisation, which helps families adjust to military life, emailed a database of nearly 2,500 former Defence staff to around 400 other ex-service personnel. The information included names, identification…