I had been a bit critical in reporting on a recent breach involving the Oregon’s Health Co-Op, writing: In reading the substitute notice below, note that they do not say from where the laptop was stolen, nor how many were affected. And what kind of “commitment” to privacy is it to just password-protect a laptop…
Category: Government Sector
UK: Dumfries and Galloway Council data breach actions accepted
An update from the BBC about a breach I hadn’t spotted before: The Information Commissioner’s Office has said it is satisfied with Dumfries and Galloway Council’s actions in the wake of a data protection breach. It followed the inadvertent release of personal information which was later posted on the internet. It is understood that the…
Ca: Privacy commissioner investigating Sask. premier’s office
Mike McKinnon reports: The office of Saskatchewan’s privacy commissioner has officially launched an investigation into an alleged privacy breach by the premier’s office. Peter Bowden, a health care aide who went public on March 30 with concerns about the Saskatoon care home he works at, accused Premier Brad Wall and his chief of operations and communications, Kathy Young,…
IN: TRAI betrays privacy
The editors of the Deccan Chronicle in India address a breach noted earlier this week: In an appalling act of recklessness, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has compromised the privacy of over a million Internet users of the country by publishing online all the responses of their consultation paper on Net neutrality. Either the bureaucrats running…
Oregon’s Health CO-OP Notifies Affected Plan Members Of Security Incident
In reading the substitute notice below, note that they do not say from where the laptop was stolen, nor how many were affected. And what kind of “commitment” to privacy is it to just password-protect a laptop with PHI – and to keep “former member and dependent” information on it? C’mon, folks. We can and…
A 2011 breach rears its ugly head again?
It seems that everywhere I go, I stumble over breaches that I didn’t know about. Today, something on Findlaw showed up in searches. It said: I am unfortunately a victim of identity theft as of 2014. I just found out about it in february of 2015. Luckily for me the thieves did not do too…