Serena Dai of the Associated Press reports: Amidst photos and handwritten letters in auction boxes connected to former Gov. Rod Blagojevich are confidential client-attorney papers from his lawyer days and opposition research on his 2006 gubernatorial race rival Judy Baar Topinka, a Northwestern University librarian said Wednesday. Librarian Jeffrey Garrett bought 18 boxes of files,…
Category: Exposure
Disused hard drives strewn about at Oak Ridge, says IG
David Perera reports: Disused hard drives potentially carrying sensitive unclassified information have been scattered in unsecure locations within the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, says a new Energy Department inspector general report. The report, dated August 16 and based on work auditors conducted from January through April of this year, says the lab has lacked internal…
UK: DSG Retail customer credit agreements found in skip
Electronics retailer DSG has been found in breach of the Data Protection Act by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), following the discovery of customers’ credit agreements in or near a skip at one of the company’s PC World stores. The discovery of eight completed credit agreements containing customers’ personal and financial data was made by…
GA: Confidential files found in City Hall East sales items
Ernie Suggs reports: The Atlanta Police Department has launched an investigation into how documents containing sensitive material were left in furniture sold during a liquidation sale of merchandise at City Hall East. At least two people have reported that they found personnel documents among the items they purchased. The documents contained Social Security numbers, addresses…
St. John’s Mercy Medical Group notifies 1,907 patients of breach
The St. John’s Mercy Medical Group (SJMMG) in Missouri has notified patients that one of their physicians, Dr. David Brown, had improperly disposed of medical records. In a statement on their web site, they say, in part: On June 9, St. John’s Mercy Medical Group (SJMMG) became aware that Dr. David Brown had improperly disposed…
MO: Hundreds of student records left near dumpster
Frank Wiley of KSDK recently reported: The curriculum is the least of parents’ worries in the Riverview Gardens School District. Sensitive information was tossed aside for anyone to grab papers were filled with student’s phone numbers, ages, pictures and even Social Security numbers. […] The district says it didn’t know this was happening. The director…