The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has found Zurich Insurance plc in breach of the Data Protection Act after it lost an unencrypted back-up tape containing financial personal information belonging to 46,000 policy holders of Zurich Private Client, Zurich Special Risk and Zurich Business Client, which are all part of Zurich Insurance plc. The back-up tape,…
Category: Lost or Missing
Alaska state employees’ union wants more protection after breach
The Alaska State Employees Association (ASEA) is seemingly unhappy with the two-year benefits plan being offered to over 77,000 state employees whose data were lost by PricewaterhouseCooper. The personal information included their names, social security numbers, and dates of birth. ASEA represents almost 8,000 of the state employees. In a press release issued today, ASEA…
(update) 35,000 guardsmen at risk after data loss
Jennifer Godwin reports that 35,000 current and former Arkansas National Guardsmen will be notified that their names, Social Security numbers, and other personal information were on a hard drive that went missing last month. Investigators determined that a file on the drive contains information on those who enlisted in the Arkansas National Guard dating back…
Arkansas Guard alerting soldiers of data loss
Stuttgart, Ark. — CAMP JOSEPH T. ROBINSON – An unsecure hard drive containing personally identifiable information on a currently unknown number of current and former Arkansas National Guard Soldiers was reported missing on February 22. An Arkansas Guard Soldier reported the loss after conducting an exhaustive search to locate the drive when it was first…
(follow-up) Federal Office Offers $50,000 Reward for Missing External Drive
Hilton Collins reports: The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is still on the lookout for a missing external drive containing copies of personal data — including Social Security numbers — of former Bill Clinton administration staffers and people who contacted or visited the White House during the Clinton era. One of former Vice President…
NY: Social Security loses a CD with personal info
Peter C. Mastrosimone reports: A computer disc containing detailed personal information about 969 New Yorkers was lost by a Social Security Administration employee traveling to Queens from the Bronx back in late October. Three months later, on Jan. 22, the agency sent out letters to those people, explaining the situation and assuring them that officials…