M.D. Kittle reports: The investigation into an alleged breach of a Social Security Administration employee’s private records appears to be going nowhere fast, even as another probe found wide-ranging misconduct in a Madison SSA office. The employee, a whistleblower at the SSA’s Office of Disability Adjudication and Review, told Wisconsin Watchdog that a federal investigation of the alleged records…
Category: Government Sector
St. Paul approves $29K to officer who says cops snooped in her driver’s license data
Mara H. Gottfried reports: The St. Paul City Council agreed Wednesday to pay $29,500 to settle the lawsuit brought by a Minneapolis police officer who accused St. Paul officers of snooping in her personal driver’s license information. Amy Krekelberg’s federal lawsuit initially named officers and employees from more than 40 law enforcement agencies and entities…
Wilders’ security officer detained for suspected data leak
Mike Corder of AP reports: A Dutch security official responsible for protecting anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders has been detained on suspicion of leaking classified information, a police spokesman said Wednesday, sparking fears for the safety of the far-right populist lawmaker who for years has lived amid tight security. The extent of the breach and whether…
Guelph settles $1-million lawsuit, gets back personal files
City hall has settled the wrongful dismissal lawsuit launched by former chief building official Bruce Poole and has also recovered personal information about City of Guelph employees that was inadvertently given to Poole’s lawyers. These announcements, made in two separate but related city hall news releases late Tuesday afternoon, conclude a matter that cost deputy…
OH: Taxation employee fired after accessing personal information of family, acquaintances
Randy Ludlow reports: An Ohio Department of Taxation examiner has been fired after an investigation found she improperly accessed the confidential personal and tax information of several relatives and acquaintances. A report released today by the office of Inspector General Randall J. Meyer found that Kelly S. Bolen accessed computerized personal information of several people, and…
Vets lose privacy lawsuit against VA after unencrypted data is stolen from hospital
Patrick O’Neill reports: After multiple thefts and data breaches related to the unencrypted personal information of 7,400 U.S. veterans out of a Veterans Affairs hospital, an appeals court dismissed a lawsuit this month in which patients alleged violations of the Privacy Act and Administrative Procedure Act. The veterans claimed at least seventeen more data breaches have occurred at Wm….