Warrington Guardian reports: Council chiefs are carrying out a thorough investigation into claims the authority has ‘breached’ data protection by releasing the information of potential pupils at University Technical College (UTC) Warrington. It is believed that the review into the matter concerns the council assisting a marketing agency by providing details of ‘eligible’ youngsters. The…
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Email error results in data breach notification from Vacaville Housing Authority
So it seems the Vacaville Housing Authority had a data breach on August 24th due to an employee attaching a file with Social Security numbers to an email that was sent to the wrong party. Thankfully, the recipient notified the VHA and deleted the errant email. VHA is offering credit protection to those notified. And if you want to…
Clinton e-mails were vulnerable to hackers, tech firm warned
Tom Hamburger and Rosalind S. Helderman report: A technology subcontractor that has worked on Hillary Rodham Clinton’s e-mail setup expressed concerns over the summer that the system was inadequately protected and vulnerable to hackers, a company official said Wednesday. But the concerns were rebuffed by the company managing the Clinton account, Platte River Networks, which…
AU: Peter Dutton appeals against ruling on asylum seeker data breach
Paul Farrell reports: The immigration minister, Peter Dutton, is appealing against a landmark federal court decision that found his department’s response to a major data breach of asylum seekers’ personal details was “unfair to a significant degree”. On Wednesday Crikey revealed the minister was seeking to appeal against the decision in the high court. The federal court ruling…
FBI probe of Clinton e-mail expands to second data company
Tom Hamburger and Rosalind S. Helderman report: The FBI’s probe into the security of Hillary Rodham Clinton’s e-mail has expanded to include a second private technology company, which said Tuesday it plans to provide the law enforcement agency with data it preserved from Clinton’s account. The additional data, provided by Connecticut-based Datto Inc., could open…
UK: ICO takes enforcement action against Anglesey County Council
From the Information Commissioner’s Office: Anglesey County Council has been ordered to improve its data protection practices after it repeatedly failed to address security and privacy issues. Two separate security incidents as far back as 2011 led to the council signing undertakings to make changes and improve practices. But despite committing to the improvements, audit…