WGN reports: A teacher’s backpack at an elementary school in suburban Hoffman Estates was stolen last week and one of the items now missing contains personal information about all the students and more. The pack, known as a “crisis backpack,” has won awards and was developed by the Hoffman Estates Fire Dept to use in…
Category: Lost or Missing
AU: Federal privacy authorities called in over Centrelink breach
Noel Towell reports: Federal privacy authorities have been called in after Centrelink left revealing personal and financial details of clients lying around at a suburban railway station last month. Documents containing details of 23 clients’ full financial disclosures, including bank account numbers and details of property holdings, superannuation and investments, were left by an official…
Another breach in post-secondary education reminds us again that no one’s enforcing data security at the federal level
What St. Francis College in Brooklyn Heights, NY wrote to enrollees and applicants after a security incident: On June 28, 2014, a St. Francis employee reported the loss of an external hard drive. Compare that to what they told the New Hampshire Attorney General’s office in their cover letter: On June 28, 2014, St. Francis…
Probe ordered as garda laptop found in a Dutch brothel
Claire Murphy reports: Gardai are investigating after a laptop and documents belonging to a garda were discovered in a brothel in Amsterdam. […] The bag reportedly contained a laptop and documents as well as an “insignia” that allegedly identified the owner as being a member of an Garda Siochana. Read more on Independent.ie. It’s not yet clear what…
UK: School near Wrexham alerts parents as pupil info lost
Charlie Crossdale reports: Data containing details on children who have attended a primary school over the past decade has been lost. Ysgol Sant Dunawd in Bangor-on-Dee near Wrexham is appealing to parents of pupils, past and present, to get in touch over the potential loss of data, after a backup device containing the Schools’ Information…
Solano County Dept. of Child Support Services letters lost by courier
The California Department of Child Support Services is notifying some individuals of an incident that occurred last month. From their notification letter: On April 7, 2014, several letters from the Solano County Department of Child Support Services were misplaced while in the custody of a contracted courier who was transporting mail to the US Post Office. Although…