WPMI reports from Alabama on what they found when they went dumpster diving at about a dozen title loan and cash advance businesses in the Mobile, Alabama area: In the dumpster out front of Alabama Title Loans on busy Springhill Avenue, I found dozens of documents, not shredded, and all full of personal information. “Here’s…
Category: Paper
Boxes with personal info found in trash
We really need stronger laws protecting the security and disposal of paper records. Today’s example is from Beaverton, Oregon: Seven large boxes filled with personal information of clients from the Sylvan Learning Center, including names, birth dates, Social Security numbers and credit card information, were found in a Dumpster in Beaverton. Read more on KOIN….
UK: Workers’ personal information found in cabinet sold at auction
Here we go again: personal information left in filing cabinets that are surplussed or auctioned off. The personal details of dozens of employees from a council-owned waste company have been found in a filing cabinet bought at auction. The misplacing of the documents from Premier Waste Management was last night described as “diabolical” by a…
OK: Juvenile records found unsecured in old courthouse
Salesha Wilken reports: Juvenile court records, which by law are not open to the public, were found Wednesday strewn about the old Rogers County Courthouse, left unsecured and available to anyone who happened on them. The criminal index cards — including information about arrests, victims and “deprived” juvenile cases — were discovered by District Court…
Man who tries to report breach to Sears finds himself talking to someone in India?
Here we go again. It’s bad enough to have an easily avoidable breach. It’s worse when you make it difficult for people to report it to you. Today’s entry in this Hall of Shame is Sears. Nesita Kwan reports personal information of hundreds of former Sears employees, including their Social Security numbers, photos, records with…
Baltimore DPW contacting employees in privacy breach
WBAL reports: Baltimore City officials are trying to contact city employees whose information was compromised when a box was found tossed on a street containing vital and personal employee information….. Discarded as trash, the box contained vital records of thousands of current and former Baltimore City employees — Social Security numbers, birthdates, driver’s license information…