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TN: Mayor’s donation check among records found in dumpster

Posted on April 29, 2013 by Dissent

Andy Wise reports: The director of an adult literacy charity is trying to figure out how the personal information of former associates and donors, including Memphis Mayor AC Wharton, were piled up inside the charity’s dumpster. “It absolutely should not have happened,” said Kevin Dean, executive director of Literacy Mid-South, based in Cooper-Young. “It was…

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VA: Chesterfield mom ‘disgusted’ after personal, financial info found in dumpster

Posted on April 24, 2013 by Dissent

Chris Thomas reports: A Chesterfield mom is fighting mad after learning her family’s personal information is discovered, tossed away, near a trash can. Her credit card numbers and her child’s social security number was discovered outside their taekwondo instructor’s business. It is located in the Arch Village shopping center off Midlothian Turnpike. We are told…

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Sacred Art Tattoo in Flat Rock admits tossing sensitive documents

Posted on April 16, 2013 by Dissent

I had no idea that tattoo parlors have to collect and retain so much personal information, did you? Maurielle Lue reports on a breach involving Sacred Art Tattoo in Flat Rock, Michigan: Fox 2 found company documents containing client’s personal information, including birth certificates, drivers licenses, social security numbers and credit card information. We talked…

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More sensitive documents found in central Indiana dumpster

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Dissent

NBC News filed this report last week from WTHR: It was only a few weeks ago that 13 Investigates uncovered hundreds of personal records trashed in an open dumpster. Now, another tip has led to the discovery of more files containing private information like Social Security numbers for anyone to take. The files were very easy for us to…

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NZ: Privacy breaches revealed

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Dissent

Then again, maybe the government of New Zealand should just stop using all mail altogether – postal and email.  Here’s yet another breach: Confidential legal aid details of a Bay man accused of breaching community work were mistakenly sent to a woman in a major privacy breach. The Katikati man’s name, address and what his…

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UK: Pembrokeshire child sex abuse files ‘released in error’

Posted on April 6, 2013 by Dissent

The BBC reports: Allegations that Pembrokeshire council wrongly disclosed sensitive reports about 10 child sex abuse victims to another victim are being investigated. It is claimed the person wanted information about himself, but received private details about others. Read more on BBC. The story was initially reported earlier today in Western Mail, which provides more…

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