From the way-to-keep-that-bad-press-going dept.: ITPro reports: TalkTalk has lost an appeal against a £1,000 fine imposed as a result of the data breach it suffered last year. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) fined the telco for not reporting the breach within 24 hours after discovering it, but TalkTalk appealed, taking the case to an Information…
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NL: Data leak put thousands of Utrecht residents’ info on streets
Oof. Janene Pieters reports: The personal data of thousands of Utrecht residents was available for anyone to look at due to a so-called data leak at the municipality of Utrecht earlier this year, the Telegraaf reports based on documents received through the Freedom of Information Act. In total 316 pages of names with corresponding social…
Army Officer Among 2 Arrested By Delhi Police In Call Snooping Case
The Indo-Asian News Service reports: The Delhi Police has arrested two more persons, including a former Army officer, in its ongoing investigation in the pan-India call snooping racket case, officials confirmed today. The former army officer, Captain DK Giri along with another person was arrested a week ago. Police said there were allegedly involved…
Ca: Grey Bruce Health Services fired employee who snooped in EMR
Grey Bruce Health Services posted the following notice on its site yesterday: Notice of Inappropriate Access to Electronic Medical Records August 30, 2016 Grey Bruce Health Services has recently completed an investigation into a privacy breach. This investigation was initiated after four individuals came forward with concerns about access to personal information within their electronic medical…
AU: Child services breaches foster kids’ privacy at least 58 times: report
Beau Donelly reports: A car was doused in petrol in one of six “significant” cases where children or carers were put in danger as a direct result of the leak-plagued child protection department’s own breaches, a review has uncovered. The state government has put vulnerable children and foster carers “at direct risk of harm” at least 58 times in the…
AU: OAIC accepts undertaking from ARC on Optus customer data breach
Corinne Riechert reports a follow-up to a breach previously noted on this site: The Australian Privacy Commissioner has accepted an enforceable undertaking from ARC Mercantile following a breach of personal customer data at the end of last year, which occurred when an ARC employee posted a spreadsheet of customers owing money to Optus on Freelancer.com. Read more…