Ellen Messmer reports: A used computer dealer in Canada claims he discovered a trove of Ernst & Young customer business data on Dell servers bought back in 2006 — and he wants the global consultancy to pay him to return the data. But is the breach for real or just a hoax? Mark Morris, who…
Category: Non-U.S.
Irish Water confirms possible breach of data protection
From RTÉ: Irish Water has confirmed a possible breach of data protection may have occurred after it sent information packs with the wrong names to over 6,000 customers. The water company said it occurred with packs sent to the owners of multiple properties. The company has contacted the customers involved. They also alerted the Data…
UK: Isle of Scilly Council ordered to review procedures following data incidents
From the Information Commissioner’s Office: The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has ordered the Council of the Isle of Scilly to implement new data protection policies and training after two data breaches involving the disclosure of personal data. The first breach occurred in June 2013 when an attachment inadvertently included in an email revealed personal data…
Earthquake data privacy breach ‘avoidable’
Charles Anderson reports: A review of the Earthquake Commission’s handling of the privacy breach that revealed the details of all Canterbury claimants found the error could have been avoided. The breach might not have happened if EQC had learned lessons from a similar breach at another government agency, the review said. In early 2013, 83,000…
UK: Crown Office worker guilty of leaking court case details
The Herald Scotland reports: A Crown Office worker has been found guilty of breaching the Official Secrets Act and Data Protection Act by leaking information about court cases to people he knew. Iain Sawers, 25, was convicted after a seven-day trial at Edinburgh Sheriff Court. A jury returned guilty verdicts on charges of attempting to…
IE: Private investigators charged with ‘blagging’ personal data
Elaine Edwards reports on a breach case previously noted on this blog: Two private investigators have appeared in court charged with allegedly ‘blagging’ personal information on a number of individuals from both the Department of Social Protection and the HSE nd with passing it to credit unions. Margaret Stuart (56) and Wendy Martin< (45), both directors of MCK Rentals…