From the press release (pdf) from the Information Commissioner’s Office: The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has taken regulatory action against the University of Manchester following a breach of the Data Protection Act. The personal records of over 1,700 students, including information on some students’ disabilities, were published when a member of the university staff had…
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UK: ICO issues stark reminder to NHS bodies on patient records
From the press release (pdf) from the Information Commissioner’s Office: The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is reminding NHS bodies of the importance of data security having found four more NHS organisations in breach of the Data Protection Act. Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Central Lancashire Primary Care Trust, North West London Hospitals NHS Trust…
UK: 5,600 patients’ records ‘lost’ on memory stick
Claire Lomax of Telegraph & Argus reports that personal information of patients was on an unsecured flash drive lost by an employee of Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust who did not follow procedures. The flash drive, which was reportedly lost in the library at Leeds Metropolitan University on April 21, contained patients’ names, addresses,…
Ca: More patients’ data lost
Adam Huras of The Telegram reports on two small recent breaches in New Brunswick and Ontario involving patient data. In one case, after searching for months to locate missing files of three patients, patients were sent letters notifying them of the loss. That’s when the health authority discovered that one of the three patients had…
AU: Online share trader CommSec vulnerable to hackers
Nick Higginbottom and Stephen McMahon of Herald Sun report on how weak passwords just won’t cut it: Security at the nation’s biggest online trader has been exposed as wide open to attack by computer hackers. Security flaws at CommSec potentially endangered accounts containing billions of dollars of mum-and-dad investors’ money. After a Herald Sun investigation,…
UK: Barclaycard apologises to widow for 317-strong letter error
Gill Montia of Banking Times reports: Barclaycard has had to apologise to a Mrs Sandra Grant of Erith in Kent, after sending her 317 letters in one day. The recently widowed 55-year-old said it took her all morning to open the post, which contained details of various Barclaycard customers, including account numbers, names and amounts…