Bruce Gordon reports: The privacy of hundreds upon hundreds of Philadelphia voters may have been violated this week, when piles of documents used in “Get Out The Vote” calls were left sitting on a Philly street corner. A woman who identified herself only as “Eileen” showed us cell phone pictures of documents piled in, on…
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Companies that Own and Manage Payday Lending and Check Cashing Stores to Settle FTC Charges That They Tossed Sensitive Consumer Data into Trash Dumpsters
Well, you read it here already, but now the FTC has officially announced its settlement with PLS Financial and Payday Loan Store over dumping of customer data.
Rental leases with personal information found outside apartment complex
Keke Collins reports from South Carolina: Pictures taken in July show boxes of old leasing agreements from Cypress Cove Apartments in West Ashley tossed outside the complex’s storage unit area. The papers, which were discovered this past July, were full of social security numbers, credit reports, W-2 forms, addresses and phone numbers from previous residents….
NZ: Inland Revenue Department has had 32 privacy breaches in the past year.
ONE News in New Zealand reveals a government department has had a series of privacy breaches. Following soon after the breach involving the Ministry of Social Development, reports of inadequate data protection involving the Inland Revenue Department are just what the government doesn’t need. Even worse, the department is getting a black eye in the press for…
Scottish Borders Council appeals ICO’s fine
Scottish Borders Council has appealed the £250,000 fine imposed by the ICO following a data protection breach in which employees’ information was found unshredded in supermarket recycling bins. Southern Reporter reports that the ICO has until November 2 to respond to the appeal and the decision will be made by a three-judge panel.
GA: Sensitive files found in Buckhead dumpster
Ron Nakfoor reports that a citizen alerted 11Alive News to sensitive documents left in dumpster: The documents appeared to be from a local real estate agency and contained tax ID numbers, along with copies of personal checks with bank account numbers on them…. The name on the dumped real estate signs and most of the paperwork is Dorsey…