VICTORIA—In an investigation report released today, B.C. Information and Privacy Commissioner Elizabeth Denham found that the Ministry of Education failed to protect the personal information of 3.4 million B.C. and Yukon students stored on a portable hard drive. “This investigation is unique in that we are looking at events that happened more than four years ago. The passage of…
Category: Lost or Missing
Centene discloses missing hard drives contain personal information of 950,000 people
Health insurer Centene Corp. “takes the privacy and security of our members’ information seriously,” said Michael F. Neidorff, chairman, CEO of Centene, announcing that six missing hard drives contain the name, address, date of birth, social security number, member ID number, and health information of 950,000 members. And oh yes, they’re disclosing the breach out of…
OH: Regional Income Tax Agency loses DVD with personal info for 50,000 people, offers free credit monitoring
Bruce Geiselman reports: The Regional Income Tax Agency announced Dec. 31 that nearly two months earlier it lost personal data for about 50,000 people who filed tax forms with the agency. A backup DVD with the information cannot be located, according to RITA. The agency says it will provide one-year of free credit monitoring to those affected. Read…
UK: School takes steps to prevent further data breach following loss of memory stick
For those keeping track: this doesn’t count as the first breach of the new year… it’s a leftover from last year. Mike Laycock reports: A top York public school says it is taking steps to prevent another loss of important data, following an incident in which a memory stick was apparently mislaid on public transport. St Peter’s…
Massachusetts RMV reports ‘accidental loss’ of personal information of 120 people (Updated)
WHDH reports: The Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles has notified approximately 120 individuals about an “accidental loss” of their personal information. The report stated that on July 26, documented information including names, addresses and driver information contained in a safe at the Natick RMV branch had been lost. Read more on WHDH. So how does…
UK: Niall O’Kane eye patients alerted over lost records
Jade Edwards reports: A copy of patients’ records, which include names, addresses, national insurance numbers and bank account details, has been lost by an optometrist in Strood. The protected back-up copy of Niall O’Kane Optometrists’ patient database was left on a train on Saturday, October 10. Mr O’Kane wrote to patients explaining the situation. In…