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UK: Skipton faces fine for serious data breach

Posted on January 30, 2010 by Dissent

Jeff Prestridge reports: Skipton Building Society faces a heavy fine from the Financial Services Authority after a serious breach of data security procedures that resulted in more than 3,000 savers receiving financial details about other customers of the mutual. […] When Skipton mailed 108,000 account statements to savers last weekend, 3,115 went out with the…

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UK: Information safety fears as personal data is lost

Posted on January 30, 2010 by Dissent

Adam Morris and Michael Blackley report: Fresh fears have been raised over the protection of personal information after both the city council and NHS Lothian were hit by new “data loss” incidents. The Evening News has uncovered a series of cases where sensitive information has been lost or stolen in the past year. They range…

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AU: Privacy Commissioner delays zombie code

Posted on January 29, 2010 by Dissent

Ben Grubb reports: The finishing touches to an e-security code of conduct which will prevent compromised computers, also called “zombies”, from accessing the internet is being delayed following concerns flagged by the Privacy Commissioner. It aims to make formal existing voluntary security arrangements that internet service providers (ISPs) currently follow under a scheme run by…

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Apology over confidential files in Bristol litter bin

Posted on January 28, 2010 by Dissent

A Bristol lawyer has apologised after rubbish he was seen throwing into a city centre litter bin turned out to be a colleague’s confidential case notes. A cafe worker saw Stephen Davies QC put the papers into a bin on 21 January close to the city’s legal centre. Mr Davies said he had been helping…

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Burglar steals computers from city cemetery building

Posted on January 28, 2010 by Dissent

It’s not clear what kind of information was stolen in this incident that was reported in Croatian Times: Police are investigating the case of an unknown burglar who stole five computers and four monitors at a Sisak cemetery building last night (Weds/Thurs). City cemetery head Mijo Domitrovic said the thief had stolen a CD with…

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Private data of 8,600 Ont. teachers compromised

Posted on January 27, 2010 by Dissent

Laptops containing sensitive records belonging to thousands of Ontario teachers have been stolen, CBC News has learned. The three laptops contained names, addresses, birth dates and social insurance numbers of some 8,600 teachers, most of whom work at elementary schools for the Toronto District School Board. The computers were stolen from the Waterloo, Ont., offices…

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