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UK: 83,000 customer details leaked by Co-op

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Dissent

Joe McGrath reports: The Co-operative Group has issued a public apology after a data error led to the customer details of 83,000 people being published online. Customers of Co-operative Life Planning and Co-operative Wills & Funeral Planning were affected by the error at a third party support services provider which resulted in the customer details…

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Cn: Bank details on the web

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Dissent

Jia Feishang reports: China’s biggest search engine, Baidu, removed files containing the personal details of thousands of locals from its document-sharing platform yesterday, following public outcry over the breach of privacy. But although those files were deleted, people’s personal information can easily be found on the Internet. Shanghai Daily has discovered similar documents online, including…

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A few ICO undertakings that flew under the radar

Posted on March 27, 2011 by Dissent

I thought that whenever the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) had an entity sign an undertaking to improve data security or privacy protective practices, the office issued a press release.  But thanks to Stewart Room, I’ve  learned that that’s not necessarily the case.  Stewart alerted us all to a recently signed undertaking that involved a…

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Glazers take legal action against Manchester United fan after web leak of corporate clients

Posted on March 27, 2011 by Dissent

The Glazers’ reputation at Manchester United is set to take another battering after it emerged the club are suing one supporter who took action to oppose the under-fire owners. Lawyers acting for United filed a writ at the High Court accusing Thomas McKenna of damaging their business by publishing names and addresses of hundreds of their…

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UK: Confidential staff data sent in email by mistake

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Dissent

Katie Clark reports: Personal details of 200 staff from a Christchurch-based housing group were mistakenly emailed to a member of the public. Staff payroll information including names, addresses and dates of birth, as well as the National Insurance numbers of employees at Spectrum Housing were mistakenly emailed out by a member of staff two and…

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Divorce papers found in ‘new’ Asus laptop purchased in Singapore

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Dissent

Gareth Halfacree reports: Central Provident Fund statements and divorce documents; these were what Hidayat Sudirman found stored in a 14-inch Asus notebook PC he bought from retailer Newstead Technologies recently at an IT fair. The 25-year-old civil servant discovered 10GB worth of personal data, including tax return forms, belonging to its previous owner. Upset, he…

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