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UK: Contractor breach affected a number of councils’ employees

Posted on February 9, 2012 by Dissent

A leak previously noted on this blog may have affected a number of councils’ employees. Chris Murphy reports that Medway Council is the latest council to reveal its employees’ data have been exposed on the Internet. Council staff and bosses have been left fuming after sensitive personal information was leaked online – sparking a major…

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AU: St George distributes client emails

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Dissent

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

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Dissent

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…

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Ca: Privacy Breach at Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Commission

Posted on February 4, 2012 by Dissent

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…

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E*Trade Securities signs undertaking after loss of over 600 customers’ data

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Dissent

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…

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UK: Basildon Council staff personal data published online

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Dissent

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,…

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