Scott Mullins reports: Confidential paperwork about a youngster being monitored by social services went missing after a bungling council worker left his notes on a train. Bromley Council says one of its officers was travelling by train between Orpington and Chislehurst for an appointment but alighted without picking up handwritten paperwork about the family he…
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Dumped private docs do not appear to have been used for ID theft
The San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office said today that the personal financial information of hundreds of people in the Bay Area found discarded in a Dumpster this month does not appear to have been used for identity theft. […] Among the mortgage, lending and title companies listed on the paper work are Alliance Title; American…
Old personnel files with medical records found in dumpster
According to 13WHAM, records found at a Greece, New York apartment dumpster appear to be personnel files from the Fasco Machine Company once located on Union Street There are payroll and banking records for each employee, including hundreds of social security numbers. Fasco closed in 1975, so the documents were kept in storage somewhere….. Surprisingly,…
Guardsmark employee records: tossed or stolen?
More than 100 employee files containing sensitive information, like social security numbers and fingerprints, were dropped off at First Coast News by a person claiming to be a janitor. That person said the files were in the trash at Guardsmark, a security company in Jacksonville. However, a company official said the files are stolen. Read…
Prompt Med statement on recent breach
In a statement released on Wednesday, Prompt Med, which took over Battleground Urgent Care, said they regret the incident in which hundreds of medical files were discovered in a Greensboro dumpster: Prompt Med Management Company, Inc. regrets the incident regarding transportation of patients’ medical records that occurred last week. These files were being transferred to…
Confidential documents found by Worthing Town Hall bins
Confidential council papers containing residents’ bank details and addresses have been found dumped outside a town hall. The documents also include information about an investigation into flytipping, a bill to a letting agents for cockroach extermination and a document relating to a fraud interview. Read more in The Argus