A breach that was reported on this blog last July has resulted in a fine and an undertaking for the Lancashire constabulary. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has served a monetary penalty of £70,000 to Lancashire Constabulary after papers containing sensitive information about a 15 year old girl were found on a street in Blackpool. This is…
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State agency leaves Arizonans’ sensitive documents in dumpster
Susan Casper reports on what some dumpster divers found in Payson, Arizona and the state agency’s response: The women’s hunt for savings turns up thousands of sensitive documents exposing the personal information of hundreds of Arizonans; confidential material a thief could use to steal your identity sitting at the bottom of a recycling bin. “There’s…
UK: Security breach at Castle Huntly prison as confidential files go missing after being binned by wardens
David Taylor reports: Files containing the personal information of prisoners, including Tommy Sheridan, are missing.. after being put in the bin by mistake. Staff at Castle Huntly jail threw out confidential paperwork weeks ago but forgot to shred it. When they went back to do it, the files had mysteriously disappeared. The missing information included…
TN: Personal Information Found Dumped Behind Mo’ Money Taxes
Memphis police are investigating thousands of documents containing personal information in dumpsters at a Whitehaven area Mo’ Money Taxes business. Now the tax preparation business is the focus of a federal investigation by the IRS for identity theft. Officers were called to the embattles tax service’s location on the 4100-block of Elvis Presley on Monday,…
UK: Croydon and Norfolk County councils fined by ICO for data breaches
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has served monetary penalties totalling £180,000 to two councils for failing to keep highly sensitive information about the welfare of children secure. Croydon Council has been handed a penalty of £100,000 after a bag containing papers relating to the care of a child sex abuse victim was stolen from a…
UK: Five councils, a youth charity, and a healthcare provider sign undertakings following data breaches
Five councils breached the Data Protection Act by failing to keep people’s personal information secure, Information Commissioner, Christopher Graham, said today: Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council breached the Data Protection Act on four separate occasions during a two month period last year. The breaches included an incident in May when an individual was mistakenly sent…