A press release from the UK ICO: The Scottish Court Service breached the Data Protection Act by failing to take sufficient steps to prevent court documents containing sensitive personal details being accidentally disposed of at a local recycling bank in Glasgow, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said today. The ICO was first made aware of…
Category: Non-U.S.
Westpac worker ‘aided $1.1m fraud’
Margaret Scheikowski reports: A Westpac employee was probably an accomplice of a Sydney man who defrauded the bank of more than $1.1 million through “identity theft”, a judge has found. Westpac Banking Corporation took civil action in the NSW Supreme Court, claiming that Ersever Toksoz, also known as Gino Versace, was the chief architect of…
(follow-up) Ca: Defence confirms breach of medical information of Forces personnel
Alison Auld of The Canadian Press provides an update to a breach previously mentioned on this blog: Defence officials are reviewing the medical records of several Forces personnel after an investigation showed their personal health information was mistakenly placed in a veteran’s military medical file. Maj. Cindy Tessier said the file belonging to navy veteran Wayne…
(update) JP: MPD admits antiterror data leak
Japan has had a number of embarrassing data breaches involving the Winny file-sharing program. Will this turn out to be another one? The Metropolitan Police Department on Friday effectively admitted that some of its internal documents on investigations into international terrorism were leaked onto the Internet in late October. […] The MPD has been questioning…
(follow-up) Compensation confusion over Santander’s statement fiasco
Victoria Bischoff reports: Santander yesterday admitted sending the wrong bank statements containing other people’s personal details to thousands and thousands of customers. We explain if these customers will be entitled to compensation and if they are now at more risk of fraud? Will I get compensation from Santander? Early misleading reports indicate that tens of…
ICO statement on alleged data breach involving Santander
An ICO spokesperson said: “We have recently been informed of a data breach involving Santander. We will be making enquiries into the circumstances of the apparent breach of the Data Protection Act before deciding what action, if any, needs to be taken. “Under the Data Protection Act, organisations that process personal information have an obligation…