From BBC: An appeal hearing has overturned a £250,000 fine for Scottish Borders Council over data protection failings. The Information Commissioner’s Office issued the Monetary Penalty Notice (MPN) in September last year. SBC paid the fine to get a 20% discount but lodged an appeal saying the scale of it was “very disappointing”. A four-day…
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18,000 Social Security numbers printed on outside of U.Va. student mailings
The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports: The Social Security numbers of 18,700 University of Virginia students appeared on the address labels of health insurance brochures mailed across the country in the latest in a string of breaches at the state’s flagship university. Read more on their site.
FL: Student information found in private school’s dumpster
WINK reports: Students’ grades, addresses and phone numbers… found sitting in a dumpster for anyone to see. That’s what one man found next to Bishop Verot High School. He worried it could get into the wrong hands. On the side of the school, there are dumpsters. They’re on school property, but anyone can access them….
UK: Fury as confidential documents found blowing in the wind in Hatfield
Paul Christian reports additional details on a breach mentioned previously on this blog: Confidential documents were found blowing in the wind in Hatfield in “an alarming discovery” by a councillor. The papers, believed to have come from the former county supplies depot in Mount Pleasant Lane, included an employee appraisal form which featured a worker’s…
Confidential Hertfordshire County Council papers ‘found in street’
From BBC: A council has apologised after papers holding personal staff details were found discarded in a street. Liberal Democrat councillor Paul Zukowskyj said he saw Hertfordshire County Council documents outside a former adult care office in Hatfield. Derrick Ashley, cabinet member for resources, said the council apologised and would investigate how it happened. Mr…
UK: Tesco employees details discarded in Westcliff street
From Echo News: A filing cabinet found in a Southend street contained copies of passports, driving licences and bank details of employees at Tesco in Westcliff, it has been claimed. The cabinet had personal information of up to 20 individuals, all of whom are current or former employees of the Tesco Express, in London Road….