I’ve often pointed out how breach notification letters to those affected may omit details that consumers might want to know but breached entities probably prefer we not know. I came across another example today. Let’s start with what happened, as described by attorneys for Vector Security to the Maryland Attorney General’s Office. Vector Security provides…
Category: Lost or Missing
NHC Oak Ridge discloses breach involving unencrypted backup tape
The following email was published by The Oak Ridger after it was sent to them by NHC Oak Ridge administration: Officials at NHC Oak Ridge, 300 Laboratory Road, have reported a possible breach of patient information due to a missing backup tape that wasn’t encrypted. The information on this tape included patient names, Social Security numbers, birth…
Luton Borough Council signs undertaking after data protection failures
An undertaking has been signed by Luton Borough Council following two incidents involving inappropriate handling of sensitive personal data. These incidents occurred after the council failed to implement recommendations made by the ICO for mandatory employee training following earlier incidents. The two more recent incidents involved sensitive personal data that was incorrectly handled by social…
Boston Public Schools To Change Student ID Cards After Flash Drive with Information Was Lost by Plastic Card Systems
Oops. Via WBUR, we learn of a breach involving Boston Public Schools. Here’s the statement from BPS’s web site: The Boston Public Schools is changing the design of Boston OneCard student ID badges, changing MBTA CharlieCard assignments and is changing library card numbers for students following a vendor’s loss of a flash drive that contained…
Iowa DHS discloses that backup tape with PHI of former patients at Mental Health Institute and state employees is missing
Rod Boshart reports: Iowa Department of Human Services officials issued an alert Wednesday to former patients at the Mental Health Institute in Independence and hundreds of state employees there and at other state facilities concerning a possible breach of their confidential information. Officials say the information was stored on a backup computer tape that went…
Tepco employee loses info on 22 claiming nuclear compensation redress
Everywhere you go, documents are left on public transportation by employees, it seems: Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Friday that one of its employees has lost documents that include the personal information of 22 individuals who have applied for compensation related to the triple-meltdown crisis at its Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, adding that this…