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RCMP thumb drive with informant, witness data obtained by criminals: watchdog

Posted on June 11, 2025 by Dissent

Jim Bronskill reports: The RCMP lost a USB key containing personal information about victims, witnesses and informants, and later learned it was being offered for sale by criminals, the federal privacy watchdog says. A detailed report from the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada reveals the RCMP told the watchdog about the breach in March…

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Hong Kong govt office sorry for losing tapes with personal data

Posted on January 27, 2025 by Dissent

RTHK reports: The government office responsible for providing insolvency services has issued an apology after magnetic tapes containing information of about 76,000 people went missing. However, it stressed chances of a data leak is “extremely low”. The Official Receiver’s Office revealed on Monday that seven magnetic backup tapes were lost while being delivered from Immigration…

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Police officer loses laptop and notebook as he drives along motorway after leaving them on roof of his car in fourth data breach by single police force

Posted on August 18, 2023 by Dissent

Katherine Lawton reports: A police officer lost his laptop and notebook as he drove along the motorway after leaving them on the roof of his car – in the fourth data breach by a single force. The PSNI said it is investigating after a senior officer revealed sections of the lost notebook remain outstanding. Read more…

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Jefferson Health warns Cherry Hill hospital patients of potential data breach

Posted on August 17, 2023 by Dissent

John Paul Titlow reports: Some patients at Jefferson Cherry Hill Hospital are being advised to keep an eye on their credit reports due to a potential data breach. The hospital started notifying select patients this week that their private data may have been compromised after a backup hard drive went missing from a DEXA scan…

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Hundreds of children’s medical documents found along Cape Coral streets

Posted on July 22, 2023 by Dissent

Justin Kase and Rachel Murphy report: Hundreds of children’s private records were littered along the streets of Cape Coral. Police picked up most of the documents after they were reported Friday. Read more at WINK News. From the transcript and the video of the news, it appears that these are likely student health records held…

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Houston ISD investigating how students’ personal documents ended up on the street

Posted on June 7, 2023 by Dissent

Daniela Hurtado reports: Several students’ records were found scattered on the road and sidewalks outside an elementary school in southwest Houston on Tuesday. Houston ISD is now working to learn how paperwork with personal information like student addresses ended up there. Documents like report cards, folders of completed field trip forms, parent phone numbers, and…

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