There is a follow-up to an incident involving exposed Los Angeles County 211 call logs. The misconfiguration had been discovered by UpGuard and was reported in May. Now the County has submitted its report to the California Attorney General’s Office. It states, in part: Our investigation determined that the incident was caused by an employee…
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NZ: Privacy breach at Disputes Tribunal
Ugh. Shane Cowlishaw reports: A sensitive case file that was misplaced at a Night and Day convenience store left a woman “understandably upset” after it was sent to the man she was locked in a dispute with. Shane Cowlishaw reports. Details of the privacy breach were revealed in a briefing to Justice Minister Andrew Little,…
WI: Manitowoc County data breach affected personal health, medical information
Alisa M. Shafer reports: Manitowoc County officials have released more information about a data breach of a Manitowoc County email account in January. The press release from June 22 states: “On or around January 14, 2018, an unauthorized party was able to gain access to a Manitowoc County email account most likely through what is called…
UK: Secret police dossier of paedophiles and victims found dumped in a skip
Okay, this is awful in terms of what might have happened. Kudos to the passerby who spotted it and gave it to the media to make sure that this wasn’t covered up. Alex Matthews reports: A secret police dossier containing personal details of paedophiles and their victims has been found dumped in a street in…
Ca: Sunshine list screw-up: privacy breached for 2nd year in a row
Peter Cowan reports: For the second year in a row the provincial government’s salary disclosure includes names and salaries that shouldn’t have been released. The list, which is often called the “sunshine list” reveals the names and salary information for anyone making more than $100,000. Read more on CBC.
Aadhar data leaked from Telangana government website
This report will almost certainly be followed by some statement from the Indian government about how Aadhar data is secure… Ashish Pandey reports: A college drop out in a remote corner of Telangana has sent shock waves in the state government. P Santosh Kumar, who didn’t complete his BSc degree, managed to illegally download Aadhar…