Nick Hyde of The Blackpool Gazette reports that Blackpool Victoria Hospital has launched an investigation after sensitive and confidential details of dozens of patients were sent to the home of a Blackpool businessman. This is apparently not the first time this happened, either. The referral forms sent to him last week relate to patients…
Category: Exposure
Ca: Tenants’ private data available on Internet
John Goddard of The Toronto Star reports that private information about 1,393 tenants — including names, addresses, phone numbers, social insurance numbers, mental health issues, children’s names, ages, where the children go to school, and landlord disputes — could be accessed online in a database maintained by Landlord’s Source Centre. A tenant discovered the problem…
Bits ‘n Pieces
In the criminal justice system: As a follow-up to a case previously reported, former Navy petty officer, Cora Dixon, pleaded guilty and accepted a 15-year prison sentence for helping run an identity theft ring. She was accused of using her access to direct deposits at the Fort Worth Reserve Joint Base to take banking and…
National City Bank apologizes for misdelivered dividend tax statments
Law firm Prokauer Rose has notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office that its client, Developers Diversified Realty Corporation, became aware of a “potential security breach” on or about February 2nd. According to the report (pdf), National City Bank, one of DDR’s dividend disbursing agents, mailed some 1099-DIV tax forms on January 29th. In some…
UT: Files of personal information discovered by dumpster
Sam Penrod reports: Personal information including bank account and social security numbers was free for anyone to steal near the dumpster of a Draper real estate office Friday. North Star Realty says they were thrown out by accident. Read more on KSL
Attorney General Abbott Charges Edinburg Fitness Center With Identity Theft Prevention Act Violations
If somebody hasn’t formed a fan club for Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, they really should. He is one of the absolute best AG’s when it comes to going after companies that breach privacy by improper disposal of sensitive records or who fail to protect personal information. From a press release last week (via claimsjournal.com):…