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UK: Lost laptop exposes thousands of pension records

Posted on May 28, 2009 by Dissent

John Leyden of The Register reports on the latest data protection cockup: A lost laptop containing the personal data of 109,000 Pensions Trust’s members has sparked the latest in a growing list of information security breach alerts. The missing machine was stolen from the offices of NorthgateArinso, suppliers of the Pensions Trust’s computerised pensions administration…

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Ca: Investigation underway into medical files dumped in downtown dumpster

Posted on May 26, 2009 by Dissent

Liza Yuzda of iNews 880 AM reports that the province’s Information and Privacy Commissioner is launching an investigation after a resident near the Royal Alex found medical records blowing in the wind.

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Update: Laptop stolen from UFCW also contained Canadians’ data

Posted on May 26, 2009 by Dissent

Remember that laptop stolen from United Food and Commercial Workers International in March? Some new details are emerging. First, it turns out that Canadians’ details were also on the laptop. Bill Kaufmann of the Calgary Sun reports that a local union president said the laptop contained information on 28,000 Alberta members, including their social insurance…

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UK: Bank worker was arrested for attempted theft

Posted on May 25, 2009 by Dissent

Ecommerce Journal reports that Ansir Khan, an employee of Carter Allen Private Bank, wrote down stolen customer details “in a complex code to avoid detection.” He gave the details to accomplices who then rang up the bank pretending to be the customers, transferring money to their own accounts. A Detective Constable used the Scoutmaster’s A…

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UK: Stolen RAF vice files spark blackmail fear

Posted on May 24, 2009 by Dissent

More details emerge on a breach reported in 2008… David Hencke of Guardian reports: Sensitive files detailing the extra marital affairs, drug taking and use of prostitutes by very senior officers in the RAF have been stolen, raising fears within the Ministry of Defence that personnel could be vulnerable to blackmail. Up to 500 people…

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AU: Medical records scattered on Sydney street

Posted on May 24, 2009 by Dissent

From ABC News: New South Wales Police have confirmed that several boxes of sensitive documents containing records from a private nursing home were found on a street in inner Sydney. Police say the boxes of papers were located by a council clean-up crew but a Sydney taxi driver says he stopped to inspect the documents…

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