Angus Howarth reports: A drug-dealing police worker caught with secret work documents at her home was jailed for over two years yesterday. Laura Young copied crime files and police reports while working at Grampian Police headquarters in Aberdeen. The 22-year-old even showed a confidential file to the person concerned in the report. She also obtained…
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Ie: Mandatory reporting of security breaches on the way
John Kennedy reports: Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner has unveiled a new draft Code of Practice that sets out the reporting obligations of organisations in the event of a security breach and how they go about protecting private data. The draft Code of Practice has been placed on the website of the Office of the Data…
UK: Council says sorry after security breach
Council chiefs have apologised after the National Insurance numbers of thousands of pension holders were disclosed. The NI numbers were printed in the address fields of 6,600 pension newsletters from Northumberland County Council and were clearly visible through the cellophane of the envelopes. Staff at the third-party mailing company used to send out the newsletters…
UK: Hack attack targets 4.3 million online CVs
Stewart Mitchell reports: The personal details of 4.3 million job seekers may have been compromised in a “concerted and sophisticated” hack attack on Trinity Mirror’s recruitment sites. According to Trinity Mirror, no actual CV details were exposed during the attack on sites such as Planet Recruit and JobSearch, even though the company believes email address…
UK: 1000 data breaches reported to the ICO
The Information Commissioner’s Office issued a press release and summary analysis of breaches: With the number of breaches involving people’s personal information reported to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) reaching 1000, the privacy watchdog is urging organisations to minimise the risk of mistakes. Staff need simple procedures on how to handle personal information with appropriate…
Edmonton travel agency owner charged in scam
Cigdem Iltan reports: The owner of a southeast Edmonton travel agency has been charged with allegedly using stored credit card data to fraudulently take $50,000 from his customers. Gurmeet Singh Mankoo, Payless Travel’s owner, has been charged with a series of alleged frauds that took place at the business between late 2009 and early 2010….