CBC News reports: A Winnipeg Conservative MP’s recent email is raising privacy concerns, as it displays the email addresses of more than 1,500 recipients. Bateman’s Bulletin, an electronic newsletter sent by Winnipeg South Centre MP Joyce Bateman’s office on Friday evening, did not conceal the names or email addresses of those who received it. Bateman’s…
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UK: Suffolk: Police officers resign after allegations of data protection breaches
Matt Gaw reports: Two police officers have resigned and another two staff members sacked after allegations of data protection breaches at Suffolk Constabulary, it can be revealed. Force bosses said the unlawful use of personal or police information “would not be tolerated” after figures obtained by the East Anglian Daily Times showed 66 suspected cases…
Aegon sent us details of rival advisers’ investors and its response was highly disappointing
John Taylor of Whitehall Partnership writes: Aegon, the insurance company recently transferred the personal details of around 35 clients to our firm due to an administrative error. This allowed us to see personal information of their customers over the internet and to the ability make changes to their investments. The error came to our attention…
Debate heats up in Oz over data liability
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…
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…