World Radio Switzerland reports: Swiss prosecutors say they are now investigating three people in connection with the theft of data at Swiss private bank Julius Bär [Baer]. Until now, the only suspect who has been arrested, is a former employee of the bank. He is alleged to have sold a CD containing the stolen bank…
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UK: Public sector squanders £2m due to data leaks
Dan Worth reports: Public sector organisations including the police, NHS and councils have had to pay out £2m in fines as a result of poor data handling practices over the past 18 months. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) was given the ability to levy penalties of a maximum of £500,000 in April 2011 in an…
UK: Council guilty of data breach by posting identities online
A council has been accused of putting residents who report litter and graffiti at risk from the perpetrators after the authority breached data protection laws by posting online the identities of those providing the tip-offs. Data protection watchdogs at the Information Commissioner’s Office have deemed that York Council has broken guidelines after it emerged the authority’s online…
NZ: Inland Revenue Department has had 32 privacy breaches in the past year.
ONE News in New Zealand reveals a government department has had a series of privacy breaches. Following soon after the breach involving the Ministry of Social Development, reports of inadequate data protection involving the Inland Revenue Department are just what the government doesn’t need. Even worse, the department is getting a black eye in the press for…
NZ: Inmates’ details put on Facebook
Shane Cowlishaw reports: A prisoner took a muster sheet containing the details of 52 other inmates out of jail, and posted it on Facebook. Milton prison in South Otago learned of the latest public sector privacy breach last weekend, after discovering the inmate had managed to sneak the sheet out when he was freed. The…
Stoke-on-Trent City Council fined £120k after mis-sent email disclosed sensitive child data (update 2)
Public Service reports: Stoke-on-Trent City Council has been hit with a major fine after sensitive information on a child protection case was emailed to the wrong person, the Information Commissioner’s Office has confirmed. The ICO, which can fine up to £500,000 for serious breaches of the Data Protection Act, said the £120,000 fine issued to…