Randal Jackson Wellington of Computerworld NZ reports: Privacy Commissioner Marie Shroff is calling on the government to create an independent oversight body to monitor New Zealand’s DNA Databank following Computerworld’s revelations of a security breach last week. “The Government is currently proposing expansion of the criminal DNA database. I have recommended an independent oversight body…
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UK: Medical records of 7,000 patients stolen in GP break-in
Alison Anderson reports: A computer databank with personal information of thousands of patients is missing after a break-in at a doctors’ surgery. The hard drive and computer backup tapes containing names, details of illnesses, medical histories and referral letters of more than 7,000 patients in Hackney were taken in a break-in at Clapton’s Nightingale Practice….
Pointer: Judge backs Halifax in Chip and PIN clone case
John Leyden of The Register reports that Halifax Bank customer Alain Job has lost his lawuit against the bank in a case that ” put the security of Chip and PIN on trial.”
(Update) UK: Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust breaches the Data Protection Act
This is a follow-up to the incident previously reported here. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has found Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust in breach of the Data Protection Act after the Trust reported a desktop computer containing sensitive personal information relating to around 3,500 patients was stolen. Although the computer was password protected, it was…
(Update) Belfast: Bank details on stolen laptops
As an update on a story reported here, BBC is now reporting that the computers stolen from the Department of Finance and Personnel in Belfast contained personal financial details: An email informed them that the computers contained information such as national insurance numbers and bank account details. It read: “Two of the laptops contained a…
UK: Sensitive information sent to wrong address
Liam Sloan of Newbury Today reports: A [West Berkshire Council] blunder led to intimate details of vulnerable youngsters being posted to the wrong person. Worlds End resident Alayne Summers was shocked to receive a torn, wrongly-addressed envelope containing 100 pages of highly-sensitive information about troubled pupils applying for places at West Berkshire schools. The documents…