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NC: Online security breach hits Charlotte college campus, officials warn

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Dissent

Chris Dyches reports: School officials say an online security breach has hit a Charlotte college campus and they are still trying to figure out how much information was potentially risked. According to the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, the breach hit the UNC-Charlotte campus and put information for students and staff at risk, they…

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UK: Cheshire East Council fined £80,000 after e-mail, sent insecurely, disseminated to unintended recipients

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Dissent

Cheshire East Council has been ordered to pay a monetary penalty of £80,000 for failing to take appropriate measures to ensure the security and appropriateness of disclosure when emailing personal information, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said today. The serious breach of the Data Protection Act occurred in May 2011 when a council employee was…

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NY: Another response to a FOI request discloses Social Security numbers

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Dissent

From LoHud.com, a report involving the city of Rye, New York: City officials are notifying employees that some workers’ Social Security numbers were mistakenly disclosed in response to a Freedom of Information Law request and that the city was seeking legal assurance that the information would not be passed on. City Manager Scott Pickup did…

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Update: Texas pays for data breach

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Dissent

Kelley Shannon provides an update on one of the biggest breaches in 2011: The taxpayer tab for individual credit monitoring after a data breach in Comptroller Susan Combs’ office has topped $600,000, and Combs’ campaign is paying extra to resolve routine credit glitches in some cases. Though investigations continue into the data exposure revealed in…

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UK: Croydon and Norfolk County councils fined by ICO for data breaches

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Dissent

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has served monetary penalties totalling £180,000 to two councils for failing to keep highly sensitive information about the welfare of children secure. Croydon Council has been handed a penalty of £100,000 after a bag containing papers relating to the care of a child sex abuse victim was stolen from a…

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UK: Five councils, a youth charity, and a healthcare provider sign undertakings following data breaches

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Dissent

Five councils breached the Data Protection Act by failing to keep people’s personal information secure, Information Commissioner, Christopher Graham, said today: Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council breached the Data Protection Act on four separate occasions during a two month period last year. The breaches included an incident in May when an individual was mistakenly sent…

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