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UK: Chartered Institute of Public Relations has PR fiasco; alerts members to data security loss

Posted on May 14, 2011 by Dissent

The Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) has admitted that personal information regarding a number of its members has been ‘misplaced’. The CIPR has said that the ‘hard copy’ applications of around 30 members was lost yesterday evening (Friday 13 May,) on public transport and that no copies had been made prior to the loss….

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MA: Personal documents found dumped in Lawrence

Posted on May 13, 2011 by Dissent

City officials were calling for answers, Thursday, after piles of sensitive personal documents were dumped in an alley. City officials said illegal dumping has been a problem in Lawrence before, but never at this level. The documents included copies of Social Security cards, driver’s licenses, financial portfolios and paychecks. Documents from a doctor’s office, including…

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IN: Employee social security cards, licenses and more found in dumpster

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Dissent

Fox59 found hundreds of employees files inside a recycling dumpster in Fishers. The files were full of copies of social security cards, driver’s licenses, birth certificates and lots of other personal information. Information that anyone could have grabbed. […] When Fox59 went through the folders, we found information on employees who used to work for…

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FL: Sensitive Patient Records Found in Winter Haven City Recycling Dump

Posted on May 7, 2011 by Dissent

Rick Rousos reports: Records containing more than 60 Social Security numbers and sensitive medical histories were found this week by a woman diving for coupons in a large recycling bin. The paper records found at the city recycling area near the Orange Dome in Winter Haven on Tuesday came from the office of Jeffry Barnes, a…

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WA: Silverdale ID theft suspect had at least 30 local residents’ personal information

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Dissent

I don’t cite them all on this blog, but there have been a lot of low-tech identity theft/fraud cases in the news in recent months. Here’s another example: A Silverdale man has been charged with second-degree identity theft as part of a scheme in which investigators claim he stole thousands of dollars, according to documents…

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FL: Two men sentenced in mail and aggravated identity theft ring

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Dissent

Ricardo Lee Penn, 48, and Dorian Jerrell Cawley, 26, both of Wellington, were sentenced this week to 94 months and 54 months in prison, respectively, following their guilty pleas to charges of conspiracy to commit mail theft and access device fraud, unauthorized use of access devices and aggravated identity theft. In addition to those charges,…

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