Hamish Barwick reports: The call for mandatory data breach notifications and potential legal proceedings against enterprises who fail to protect customer data has become a little louder in Australia, according to the findings of a new survey. The report, entitled Australian Consumer Data Survey 2012, which was conducted for iSeek Communications in July 2012 with…
Category: Non-U.S.
Ca: Privacy breach at College of the North Atlantic
From The Telegram: Some students’ private information became available to all students at the College of the North Atlantic Ridge Road campus, it was announced today. A news release states that officials at CNA’s Atlantic’s Engineering Technology Centre have been made aware that a document containing personal information about students who had purchased lockers had…
UK: Investigation as foster worker’s laptop containing children’s details is stolen
Rory Reynolds and Ian Swanson report from Scotland: An investigation is under way after a laptop computer containing sensitive details on vulnerable children was stolen from a member of a fostering and adoption panel. Police are probing the theft of the device from the home of an independent consultant who conducts reviews of foster and…
AU: Fat thumbs expose MP’s e-mail and calendars
Alana Schetzer reports that members of Australia’s Parliament got a lesson in using Outlook after what some thought was a “security breach” exposing members’ email and calendars turned out to be self-inflicted harm from user error: Department of Parliamentary Service acting secretary Russell Grove said there was no evidence of hacking and that the issue…
More on the hack of Israel’s court system
More details are emerging on the significant data security breach involving Israel’s court system.
Scottish council fined £250k after losing staff pension records
We had been told a big fine was coming, but now it’s here. PublicService.co.uk reports: Scottish Borders Council has been hit with a major fine after pension records, bank details and salary information on hundreds of employees were dumped in recycle bins, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has confirmed. The watchdog, which can fine up…