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Ca: Colwood employment centre loses data on 212 clients

Posted on November 9, 2010 by Dissent

RCMP are investigating a possible privacy breach at a Colwood employment centre, after the personal information of more than 200 clients went missing. Work Link, a non-profit organization that helps people find jobs, misplaced the personal files of 212 people, said West Shore RCMP spokesman Cpl. Scott Hilderley. The files contain “pretty sensitive information,” including…

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Dutch student loan site exposes loan data to other students

Posted on November 8, 2010 by Dissent

A story (in Dutch) on RTLNieuws.nl seems to be reporting that students who logged in to the DUO web site could not only see their own data, but could see other students’ loan amounts and where they are studying. If anyone can provide a better English translation or provide more detail (in English, please!), please…

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Salerooms across UK hit by major credit card fraud

Posted on November 8, 2010 by Dissent

Police are appealing for help after a swathe of established regional salerooms were hit by a major credit card fraud last month. Victims are now recommending the adoption of a new protocol for regional auctioneers when conducting ‘cardholder not present’ credit card transactions. The case is the most serious of its type in recent memory….

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UK: Looking for love in all the wrong places

Posted on November 8, 2010 by Dissent

Andy Bloxham reports: A woman police community support officer who trawled the national police computer to track down potential boyfriends has been fined for misconduct. Lucy Bevan, 25, used Northumbria Police’s confidential database to check up on prospective partners she met whilst out on the beat. North Tyneside Magistrates’ Court heard how Bevan was in…

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JP: EDITORIAL: Leak of terrorism data

Posted on November 5, 2010 by Dissent

Well, I didn’t post a security breach from Japan the other day because the news report I read  suggest that no PII were involved.   But an editorial today on Asahi.com indicates that PII were involved — and perhaps dangerously so: As Japan prepares to receive foreign government leaders who will gather in Yokohama for…

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First data fines on the way, says ICO

Posted on November 4, 2010 by Dissent

The ICO, who said in September that the first data fines were “imminent,” now says that they are “on the way.” Kable writes: The information commissioner will announce the first organisations to be fined for failing to protect data later this month. Christopher Graham said that the fines of up to £500,000 “give the ICO…

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