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Data Loss Results in Convicted Murderer Getting a Re-trial

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Dissent

From Damien: It has been confirmed that Randy Chavianowho, who was sentenced to life in prison in 2009 after being convicted of second degree murder will be given a new trial. Chavianowho, who is from Florida, USA, was found guilty of fatally shooting Carlos Acosta. Lawyers who were working on an appeal case discovered that…

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UK: Information on 1.4m customers lost by Cattles Group Birstall headquarters

Posted on December 29, 2011 by Dissent

More than a million customers have had their personal details “lost” after a data mix-up at a loan firm’s Birstall headquarters. The Cattles Group, which owns Welcome Finance loans firm, has written to customers informing them that two back-up storage discs with private information about 1.4 million customers have been misplaced. Marlene Proctor, 31, from…

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UK: South Central SHA data breaches affect over 1,800 staff

Posted on December 2, 2011 by Dissent

Health Service Journal calls attention to two breaches that occurred in October involving the South Central Strategic Health Authority (SHA) of NHS South of England. According to the December board minutes: The [first] incident occurred in the human resources team in October 2011. The hard copy personnel file was removed from the secure human resources…

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Three months after tapes are reported missing, ValueOptions notifies National Elevator Industry subscribers (updated)

Posted on November 9, 2011 by Dissent

I just read a notification to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office that is both thorough in its description of the event and steps taken, but also needlessly increased the risk to those affected. In a letter dated October 28, ValueOptions, Inc. described how a container of tapes containing unencrypted data went missing after being…

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UK: Council lost memory stick containing 18,000 residents’ details

Posted on November 3, 2011 by Dissent

Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council breached the Data Protection Act by losing an unencrypted memory stick containing the details of over 18,000 residents, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said today. The ICO has required the council to put changes in place and will check to ensure the improvements have been made. The memory stick – which…

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Ca: Elections binders lost with voters names, addresses

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Dissent

The lost voter registration binder reported by Elections Alberta was not the only binder lost, it seems. Trish Audette provides the update: Personal information about 453 eligible voters in Edmonton-Strathcona has been lost after an Elections Alberta enumerator misplaced a binder containing the residents’ names and addresses. “She left it on the front porch ……

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