CBC reports: The private information of thousands of Edmonton Public School Board employees has been missing for more than three weeks, CBC News has learned.In a massive privacy breach, a USB memory stick containing information, including resumes and employment records of about 7,000 employees, was lost on March 22. The stick was used by a…
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Ie: Firm possibly lost 50,000 clients’ data
Una McCaffrey reports: Phoenix Ireland, a life and pensions company, has admitted it may have lost the personal details of about 50,000 current and former customers. The possible data loss also affects a small number of people who contacted the company, formerly Scottish Provident Ireland, but did not take out a policy. In letters sent…
Clarksburg VA Medical Center patient list left in car for months, but not to worry, VA says
Cassie Shaner reports: A list of names and Social Security numbers for about 1,450 veterans with upcoming appointments at the Clarksburg VA Medical Center was mistakenly left in a government vehicle for a few months, officials said Tuesday. They said there’s no reason to believe the information was compromised, however. […] Beiler said a female…
Missing BP laptop had personal data of claimants (updated)
Associated Press reports that a BP employee lost a laptop containing unencrypted personal information on approximately 13,000 people who had filed compensation claims prior to August 2010 stemming from the Gulf oil spill. Read more on Quad-Cities Online. BP did not provide any details on the types of information for each claimant or any gap…
SSNs of All Laredo ISD Students Missing In Data Breach; Trustee says not “a big deal”
Morgan Smith reports: A disk holding the Social Security numbers of every student in the Laredo Independent School District — a total of 24,903 — has gone missing, according to the Texas Education Agency. TEA spokeswoman Suzanne Marchman said the agency first became aware of the situation in January, when officials with the University of…
UK: Security scare as council loses memory stick containing medical info and access codes to the homes of thousands of vulnerable people
The Daily Mail reports: A council has lost a memory stick containing home security codes and medical information for thousands of elderly people.The data device holds the medical details on 4,000 people looked after by Leicester City Council support service as well as 2,000 key codes which can be used to gain access to their…