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EU: Telcos’ data breach notification amendment is passed

Posted on November 3, 2009 by Dissent

From Out-Law.com: The European Council has approved a data breach notification rule for Europe’s telecoms firms. The amendment to an EU Directive will force telcos to tell customers if they lose their data. The European Parliament and Commission have already approved the amendments, which will become law after it has been published in the EU’s…

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RCMP uncover ID fraud operation

Posted on November 2, 2009 by Dissent

From Black Press: RCMP investigators believe they have busted a major identity fraud operation based in Cache Creek with ties to Kamloops. On Oct. 23 Kamloops RCMP property-crime unit assisted Ashcroft RCMP with a search warrant for a Cache Creek residence that culminated in the arrest of a 22 year old Cache Creek man. “An…

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Farmers bank account details lost by Rural Payments Agency

Posted on October 29, 2009 by Dissent

Caroline Stocks reports: Thousands of farmers’ bank account details have been lost by the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) after the Government body lost two back-up tapes of confidential data belonging to all English farmers. The RPA, which administers the single payment system of EU subsidy to English farmers, for the Department of Environment Food and…

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(Follow-up) Credit cards re-issued in Finland after data breach in Spain

Posted on October 28, 2009 by Dissent

A credit card security breach has been uncovered in Spain that may involve up to tens of thousands of Finnish bank and credit cards. So far it is not known exactly how many Visa or Master Card accounts have been compromised because of the information breach. Where in Spain the hacking took place is also…

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Client blows whistle on data theft in BPO

Posted on October 28, 2009 by Dissent

Another incident involving an Indian call center and theft of personal information. Roxy Gagdekar reports: A BPO data theft came to light after a client blew the whistle on an employee of FGMB-PM Services Pvt Ltd who had sold the data to a former employee and current rival of the company. FGMB’s clients blew the…

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NHS staff to improve data handling after details of cancer patients go missing

Posted on October 27, 2009 by Dissent

Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Trust has pledged to improve data security after it informed the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) of a data breach involving the loss or theft of three unencrypted USB sticks containing sensitive patient information. Each of the devices contained the full treatment and full diagnosis history relating to a number…

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