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In the blink of an eye (update1)

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Dissent

Radio New Zealand reports: The Tertiary Education Commission is worried about a potential privacy breach after a briefcase containing sensitive information on the performance of the nation’s academics was stolen from one of its members. The briefcase belonged to a member of the Commission’s performance-based research fund panel, which assesses research by university staff and…

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UK: Kind charity raided in break-in and computer stolen

Posted on November 27, 2012 by Dissent

Jonathan Collinson reports: A computer containing vital information needed to help deprived families in Liverpool was stolen from a children’s charity. Police officers were called to the Kind charity offices in Back Canning Street, in the city centre, to a report that a window had been broken and a computer stolen from inside Read more…

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UK: 100,000 members of Civil Service Sports Club are first being told their details were stolen by fraudsters in 2010

Posted on November 27, 2012 by Dissent

Hannah Furness reports: More than 100,000 civil servants and public sector workers have been warned their personal details may have been stolen in a bid to defraud the Government. Members of the Civil Service Sports Club, which has 130,000 members nationwide, have been told their names, addresses, dates of birth and National Insurance numbers have…

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UK: Plymouth City Council fined £60,000 for sending child neglect report to wrong person

Posted on November 22, 2012 by Dissent

I’m guessing that Plymouth City Council isn’t giving thanks today – the Information Commissioner’s Office smacked them with a fine of £60,000 for a data protection breach that occurred in November 2011 when  the details of a child neglect case were sent to the wrong recipient. The breach occurred when two social workers used a shared printer…

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NZ: Immigration staff axed over privacy breaches

Posted on November 22, 2012 by Dissent

Danya Levy reports: Immigration New Zealand has breached the privacy of more than 200 people – most of whom were not informed – in incidents in the past three years that led to 10 staff members losing their jobs. It follows privacy breaches by state agencies including Work and Income, Inland Revenue and ACC, and…

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CN: Police crack ring of personal information thieves

Posted on November 22, 2012 by Dissent

Jiang Yabin reports: Fengxian district police have arrested 11 people suspected of illegally selling personal information, local media reported Wednesday. The case involved about 1 billion pieces of personal information, according to a report in the Shanghai Evening Post. Fengxian district police got onto the case in June while they were investigating an illegal gold…

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