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Category: Lost or Missing

Rap over loss of sensitive data

Posted on September 5, 2009 by Dissent

Express and Star in the UK reports: A memory stick with details of vulnerable children and their families was lost by a Sandwell Council worker on the way home, it emerged today. The incident sparked an investigation by the Information Commissioner and the council has found to be in breach of the Data Protection Act….

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Navy laptop with personal info missing

Posted on September 2, 2009 by Dissent

Liz Nelson reports: Naval Hospital Pensacola will be notifying thousands of beneficiaries who use its pharmacy services, following the disappearance of a laptop computer August 18 which contains personally identifiable information. The computer’s database contains a registry of 38,000 pharmacy service customers’ names, Social Security numbers and dates of birth on all patients that used…

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Vendor data on encrypted tapes falls off truck – UPDATED

Posted on August 30, 2009 by Dissent

A box with encrypted tapes containing personal data fell off a truck… Cuyahoga County officials are searching for a box that fell off a truck and contained personal information for 300 people. The box was being moved Monday to a storage facility and held information, including Social Security numbers, for private vendors who provide services…

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Update: Home Office admits full extent of USB data loss

Posted on August 26, 2009 by Dissent

The Home Office has had to dramatically revise its estimates of the amount of data contained on a memory stick lost by third-party contractor PA Consulting last year. The department’s newly released Resource Accounts for 2008-09 (PDF) say that the USB device containing Police National Computer and prisoner data actually held 377,000 records, 250,000 more…

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London Borough of Sutton will improve security in wake of breaches

Posted on August 21, 2009 by Dissent

London Borough of Sutton has agreed to take action to comply with data security requirements and has signed an Undertaking to assure the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) that personal data will be kept securely in future. The ICO has found London Borough of Sutton in breach of the Data Protection Act after several data security…

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Laptop with loan data missing in Weber County

Posted on August 18, 2009 by Dissent

The Weber County Sheriff’s Office is concerned about a missing laptop from a loan officer that contains sensitive and personal information of hundreds of home owners in Utah. Deputies said the [Sun Valley Mortgage] loan officer accidently (sic) left his computer on a sidewalk instead of putting it in his car, a mistake that may…

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