How exactly did a binder full of military records end up at a Goodwill store in Hillsboro? That’s the question Amanda Wade asked herself during a recent trip to the store. She stumbled upon a binder that was loaded with dozens of military records for a man named Timothy Mallams. It had everything an ID…
Category: Paper
TX: Local Man Finds Student Social Security Numbers in Field
Eli Ross reports on a document disposal breach involving the Killeen Independent School District. The papers may have (and I stress may at this point as nothing’s clear or confirmed): […] Perez showed News 10 where the wind had blown many documents, and News 10 found even more, including teacher evaluations, test-preparation materials, and even…
Personal information found in dumpster
Note: this story refers to the City of Cleveland, Texas – not Ohio. Vanesa Brashier reports: The City of Cleveland will be reviewing how it handles documents that are shared with council members after 10 job applications were found in a public recycling dumpster in Cleveland. The citizen who found the documents turned them over…
IN: Burned tax documents found in alley
Abbey Doyle reports that burnt – but still readable – tax documents were found behind Instant Tax Service, 3735 Madison Ave., in Anderson, Indiana. Employees inside denied burning the documents, but the manager never returned calls from the paper. A look through papers found in the alley revealed copies of W-2 forms, complete with total…
UK: Wolverhampton City Council breached Data Protection Act; Confidential records dumped in skip
From the ICO: Wolverhampton City Council breached the Data Protection Act by allowing confidential personal information to be disposed of in a skip, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said today. The ICO first became aware of the breach in October 2010 when a local newspaper reported that council documents containing names, dates of birth, bank…
TX: Confidential tax documents litter neighborhood
Jonathan Betz of WFAA in Texas reports that a Fort Worth neighborhood was littered with dozens of tax documents containing names, addresses, and Social Security Numbers. Nearly all said they had their taxes prepared at a North Dallas tax service. An employee there told News 8 he was aware of the security breach, and blamed…