Stephen Stewart of The Daily Record reports: A hungry security guard left highly sensitive files at risk while he went in search of a McDonald’s. The nightwatchman quit his post at the Customs centre in Dundee and propped open a door so he could get back into the building as he had no keys. […]…
Category: Non-U.S.
Amicus Legal Ltd found in breach of the Data Protection Act
From the ICO press release: The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has found Amicus Legal Ltd in breach of the Data Protection Act after reporting a laptop computer containing personal information relating to 100,000 customers was stolen. The laptop, privately owned by a contracted consultant, was not encrypted. According to the Undertaking: The laptop computer, which…
NZ: Privacy Commissioner calls for DNA database oversight
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…
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…