Lindsey Reiser reports: Preston Brooker was walking his dog when he saw a dumpster overflowing with papers in an old LA Fitness parking lot. When he looked closer, he saw they weren’t your average photocopies. They were old gym memberships, with credit card information, Social Security numbers, addresses and other info. “This is a violation…
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Ie: Security fears for prison staff after details found in cell
Occasionally I’ve noted breaches that leave people concerned for their physical safety. A breach involving Islington Council reported at the end of last month falls into that group, as did an earlier breach involving the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia. Now Cormac O’Keeffe reports on one from Ireland: Prison officers held an emergency meeting with…
UK: Kingston Council faces privacy breach claim
Nazia Dewji reports that a mailing error by Kingston Council resulted in 100 rent statements being sent out with the first page belonging to one tenant’s account and the second page belonging to a different person: The data included details of housing benefits entitlements and other benefits, the name of the bank each tenant used,…
CA: Tossed tax files found
Beatriz E. Valenzuela reports that a bag of discarded tax files was found behind a Hesperia business. Thankfully, it was found by someone in law enforcement: “It was a black canvas bag full of payroll files,” Hill said, with personal information such as Social Security numbers. “There were 12 to 14 bundles of files and…
UK: Data loss by North East councils is revealed
Andrew Glover reports: Widespread personal data loss by North East councils has put thousands of people at risk of identity fraud. Lost laptops, missing memory sticks and bundles of post sent to wrong addresses have put delicate private details in the wrong hands. A Freedom of Information Act request revealed a catalogue of potentially dangerous…
TX: Credit card fraudster gets 70 months
Lynn Brezosky reports: A Corpus Christi man who admitted to making fake credit cards using [credit card] receipts stolen from a San Antonio hotel has been sentenced to five years and 10 months in federal prison, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. Steven Reese Clark, 37, also must pay $3,606 in restitution to victims of his fraud….