CBC News in Canada reports: The New Brunswick government is acknowledging that its privacy policies were not followed after the health records of 203 people went missing from a regional health authority in February. Acting health minister Kelly Lamrock said Friday that senior officials in the Department of Health should have been told immediately. That’s…
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TN: Former child support worker nabbed for selling stolen personal info
TheCityPaper reports that Steven K. Gilmore, a former child support worker, was arrested after attempting to sell the personal information — including names, Social Security numbers and bank account numbers — of 1,600 people. Gilmore had been employed by Policy Studies, Inc., a private company that contracts with the Tennessee Department of Human Services to…
VA: Error exposes town residents’ tax info online
TMCnet.com reports that personal information for 7,845 Culpeper town taxpayers was exposed on the Internet last weekend due to an unnamed vendor’s mistake. The problem was discovered March 27 and the information was removed by March 30. According to the news story, the files containing the names, addresses and Social Security numbers of residents were…
UK: Another blow for council children’s services after confidential data is lost
Philip Irwin of The Glamorgan Gem reports: The Vale Council children’s services department has been hit by another storm of protest, after a memory stick containing child protection details was found in the street outside the council offices. It has been reported that the memory stick also allegedly contained details of court cases and of…
MD: State employee information lost in the mail
Gadi Dechter of The Baltimore Sun reports: The names and Social Security numbers of about 8,000 state employees and retirees were in a report “lost in the mail” this month, raising concerns about identity theft and questions about why sensitive information was sent through the postal service rather than electronically. […] On March 3, the…
Bits ‘n Pieces
In the justice system: Karl Douglas Walton was charged with embezzling and ID theft of Agua Caliente Casino/Resort patrons. Watson was an employee at the time. More. Charles H. Belim pleaded guilty to bank fraud and ID theft. He directed his wife and others to steal cards and ID that victimized more than 50 people….