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…
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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…
MetLife fined and ordered to provide credit monitoring to consumers after breach
WREX follows up on a breach they exposed in January 2010: An insurance company faces a fine and other stipulations for improperly throwing away people’s private insurance documents in Loves Park.MetLife has been ordered to provide credit fraud protection for everyone affected by the mistake and has to pay a $75,000 fine to the State…
DE: Personal information of 113 Beebe patients stolen (updated)
Officials have confirmed that personal information for 113 Beebe Medical Center patients was stolen from an employee’s vehicle in Florida. According to Beebe Vice President of Corporate Affairs Wally Hudson, the employee took home a financial statement with patients’ names and Medicare numbers, often the same as a social security number, with the intention of…
MO: Real Estate Records Found In Dumpster
Betsy Bruce reports: Private real estate records turned up in a condominium dumpster in Hazelwood Thursday. Three banker boxes full of files from the Prudential Patterson Realtors firm were tossed into a trash bin. A resident who retrieved some of the files passed them along to FOX Two News. Personal addresses, phone numbers and a…