The Scottish government is under investigation by the UK information tsar after it mistakenly provided confidential details about civil servants to the Sunday Herald. Internal documents with individual computer ID and phone numbers were accidentally included in papers about energy policy released last week after a freedom of information request. The government has been accused…
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UK: Social worker leaves child’s confidential case notes on train
Scott Mullins reports: Confidential paperwork about a youngster being monitored by social services went missing after a bungling council worker left his notes on a train. Bromley Council says one of its officers was travelling by train between Orpington and Chislehurst for an appointment but alighted without picking up handwritten paperwork about the family he…
Dumped private docs do not appear to have been used for ID theft
The San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office said today that the personal financial information of hundreds of people in the Bay Area found discarded in a Dumpster this month does not appear to have been used for identity theft. […] Among the mortgage, lending and title companies listed on the paper work are Alliance Title; American…
Ex-BNP man fined over names leak
A former member of the British National Party has been fined £200 after admitting publishing the details of some 10,000 party members online. Matthew Single, 37, formerly of Church Lane, Brinsley, Notts, was fined by Nottingham magistrates after admitting disclosing data without consent. The names, addresses, phone numbers and e-mail addresses of some party supporters…
Old personnel files with medical records found in dumpster
According to 13WHAM, records found at a Greece, New York apartment dumpster appear to be personnel files from the Fasco Machine Company once located on Union Street There are payroll and banking records for each employee, including hundreds of social security numbers. Fasco closed in 1975, so the documents were kept in storage somewhere….. Surprisingly,…
Prompt Med statement on recent breach
In a statement released on Wednesday, Prompt Med, which took over Battleground Urgent Care, said they regret the incident in which hundreds of medical files were discovered in a Greensboro dumpster: Prompt Med Management Company, Inc. regrets the incident regarding transportation of patients’ medical records that occurred last week. These files were being transferred to…