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UK: ICO fines Glasgow City Council £150K

Posted on June 9, 2013 by Dissent

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued Glasgow City Council with a monetary penalty of £150,000 following the loss of two unencrypted laptops, one of which contained the personal information of 20,143 people. The serious breach of the Data Protection Act comes after the council was previously issued with an enforcement notice three years ago, following a…

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IIROC notifies investment firms and clients after device with personal information lost (updated)

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Dissent

From their press release of yesterday: The Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) deeply regrets the accidental loss of a portable device that contained personal information relating to clients of a number of investment firms.  IIROC has taken several measures to notify the firms and their clients and to provide them with support services. As soon as…

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NC DHHS contractor’s missing drive held over 50,000 medical providers’ names, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers

Posted on March 9, 2013 by Dissent

Yesterday, the North Carolina Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS) disclosed that a flash drive with information on over 50,000 medical providers who are excluded from participating in federal healthcare programs had been misplaced or lost by its contractor, Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC).  The provider information included names, addresses, dates of birth, and Social…

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Move over SCDOR. Make room for Human Resources and Skills Development Canada.

Posted on January 11, 2013 by Dissent

Human Resources and Skills Development Canada seems to be vying for a spot on the wall of shame. Last month, they disclosed that an employee had lost an unencrypted USB drive with 5,000 Canadians’ social insurance numbers, medical records, and other information. Even normally mild-mannered and polite Canadians got upset over that one. Now today, when…

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Secret Service under investigation over loss of sensitive files on Metro

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Dissent

Jana Winter of Fox News reports that the Secret Service  – the agency that is often involved in investigations of data breaches – had its own breach back in 2008 that is now (finally?) under investigation: The Secret Service is the target of an investigation into an “immense breach” involving the loss of two backup computer…

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IE: Investigation into possible data breach at 02

Posted on December 4, 2012 by Dissent

Irish mobile phone carrier O2 may have had a breach involving customer data. Or not. It seems they’re not really sure what was on a missing backup tape.  And I’m not sure I understand why they first told this summer that a tape went missing in September 2011. And of course I’m not sure I…

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