Leonie Lamont reports: St George Margin Lending services has shared the email addresses of some 500 of its clients with other clients in a mass email sent out by the bank. A copy of the email, in which the addresses are contained, was sent to BusinessDay by one client. ‘‘Big privacy screw-up: It lists 500…
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Ca: Halton school board alerts parents after employee’s laptop with student data stolen
Kristin Rushowy reports: A laptop containing thousands of Halton students’ names, numbers and birthdates — even their standardized test scores — has been stolen, prompting the board to warn all parents of a possible privacy breach. “While we don’t believe data contained on the laptop to be damaging or harmful to student safety, we wanted…
Ca: Privacy Breach at Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Commission
There has been a privacy breach at Workers’ Compensation [WHSCC]. An employee accessed the records of twelve injured workers without a justifiable work purpose over a three-year period. Those affected are in the process of being contacted. The Workplace, Health, Safety and Compensation Commission is apologizing to all those affected, saying it has zero tolerance…
E*Trade Securities signs undertaking after loss of over 600 customers’ data
From the Information Commissioner’s Office: A financial services company with operations in the UK, USA and Middle East breached the Data Protection Act by losing over 600 customers’ personal details, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said today. E*Trade Securities Ltd discovered that a large number of customer files were missing in April 2010 when they…
UK: Basildon Council staff personal data published online
Details of an Essex council’s entire workforce were released online in a “serious security breach”, it has said. Names, dates of birth, sickness information and work contact numbers for Basildon Council’s staff of “about 1,000” were published on the internet. A council worker spotted the breach on Monday and the details were removed by Tuesday,…
Irish web firm hit by data breach
Ciara O’Brien reports: Internet hosting company Blacknight is investigating a security breach that could have put client contact details at risk. Although Blacknight is still trying to establish the scale of the breach, it said no financial data had been compromised. The incident may have affected the email addresses of more than 40,000 customers. The situation…