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Gaffe reveals civil servants’ exit plans

Posted on April 9, 2011 by Dissent

Ian Swanson reports: The Scottish Government has issued an apology after it inadvertently revealed the identities of more than 100 civil servants negotiating severance packages for themselves. An e-mail sent to employees to update them on the government’s early retirement and voluntary severance process displayed the e-mail addresses of all their colleagues who were receiving…

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UK: Godalming College email gaffe exposes students medical details

Posted on April 7, 2011 by Dissent

A Surrey college has apologised after accidentally e-mailing the private medical details of more than 300 students to an entire year group. The list, meant for Godalming College teachers, names one student with a brain tumour and another with anorexia. Staff tried to recall the message and then asked its lower sixth year group to…

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UK: Council printer mix up breached data protection laws

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Dissent

Probably everyone has accidentally left some papers in a shared printer at one time or another.  But when  papers containing sensitive personal data get scooped and included in a mailing to an uninvolved their party, you may wind up violating the Data Protection Act. According to the Information Commissioner’s Office, that’s pretty much what happened…

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MN: From the grave, Ulysses Telemedia lets secrets slip

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Dissent

I can’t access the entire article, but found this article by Jim Hammerand today while reading something else he wrote: The bidder was just interested in the file cabinets. But for $10, he got something much more valuable: dozens of boxes of corporate records, chock full of sensitive employee data, customer information and internal documents….

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WA: Wenatchee Valley College notifies former students of data breach

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Dissent

Rachel Schleif reports on another breach that occurred in the context of responding to a public records request: Wenatchee Valley College accidentally released Social Security numbers of students who attended classes there 10 years ago. The college sent letters of apology to more than 3,800 former students Monday, and urged them to place fraud alerts…

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Clarksburg VA Medical Center patient list left in car for months, but not to worry, VA says

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Dissent

Cassie Shaner reports: A list of names and Social Security numbers for about 1,450 veterans with upcoming appointments at the Clarksburg VA Medical Center was mistakenly left in a government vehicle for a few months, officials said Tuesday. They said there’s no reason to believe the information was compromised, however. […] Beiler said a female…

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