Corey Larocque reports: Snooping through confidential police records and relating their contents to a friend will cost Ottawa Police Const. Jennifer Finniss three days’ pay and force her to stay home for 20 days. Even though her motivation was to help a friend, Finniss, an 18-year veteran cop, “should have known better” than to make…
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UK: Norfolk County Council sells filing cabinet with confidential information still inside
Dan Grimmer reports: New figures have revealed the number of data breaches at local authorities in Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire over the past year, with more than 200 incidents where information councils are entrusted with was not handled properly. One of the most shocking blunders came in Norfolk where confidential files containing details of adults…
Eastern Health ‘tore’ offices apart looking for missing flash drive (updated)
CBC News reports: Newfoundland and Labrador’s largest health authority is reporting a privacy breach affecting thousands of its employees, including the loss of sensitive data like social insurance numbers, names and employee numbers. Eastern Health said a USB flash drive containing a spreadsheet of employees’ personal information went missing sometime between last Wednesday and Friday. At…
Police Association of Ontario hacked by Anonymous
The announcement of a hack of the Police Association of Ontario was made by @ro0ted on Wednesday: Round 4.. #OpC51 #OpBillC51 #Anonymous http://t.co/UFb7dJbPjT – Police Association of Ontario https://t.co/7pS2kW0AzX pic.twitter.com/0CiGDYl2sF — ro0ted (@ro0ted) June 24, 2015 The attack continues the hacktivism over C-51, Canada’s controversial new anti-terrorism bill. The data dump, which is still available as of this morning, includes…
AU: Privacy Commissioner investigating iiNet data breach
Hamish Barwick reports: Australian Privacy Commissioner Timothy Pilgrim has opened an investigation into an alleged data breach involving iiNet subsidiary Westnet. The data breach allegedly occurred earlier this month after a hacker compromised a database containing the personal information of some Westnet customers and offered the information for sale online. Read more on Computerworld.
Saudi Arabia: Medical center in Jazan dumps patient files on the street
Arab News reports: Passers-by were surprised on Wednesday to see a private health center in Jazan had thrown out patient files complete with all health documents and personal information onto Prince Sultan Road. A large number of patient files had been thrown from the top of the center onto the public street, creating a huge…