Erin Cargile and Hal Nelson of KXAN report that “dozens of boxes with thousands of patients’ personal information and medical histories” and Social Security numbers were dumped in a recycling bin outside a Goodwill store in Cedar Park at Parmer Lane and FM 1431. So far, no word on who the responsible party or parties…
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UK: Baby records theft sparks inquiry
From the BBC: An inquiry is under way after the records of babies born in Aberdeen Maternity Hospital were handed in after apparently being stolen. Letters of apology have been sent to 175 parents after the records of their babies born between 2001 and 2008 were given to NHS Grampian. The documents appeared to have…
TN: Improper records disposal leads to notification of clients
State Farm Insurance reported (pdf) that when they discovered that an employee of a Tennessee agent had improperly disposed of trash containing customer information, they decided to notify all customers of the Tennessee agent. They report that as a consequence of the incident, the agent changed their procedures to use a secured waste container in…
Lost laptop contained Penton Media customer credit card data
On March 16, a Penton Media employee lost a laptop and case containing some customer credit card information in hard copy and electronic form. The laptop was password-protected but the electronic files were not encrypted. The files contained customers’ names, credit card numbers, and credit card expiration dates of 54 customers who attended an IWCE…
NY: Law firm’s clients’ files left in dumpsters on NYC street
Veronika Belenkaya of The NY Daily News reports that the law firm of Frenkel Lambert Weiss Weisman & Gordon cleaned house by leaving six dumpsters stuffed with confidential case files out on the street. The firm represents clients such as Wells Fargo Bank, Papa John’s Pizza, and others in the banking and insurance industries. According…
UK: HBOS postal error could breach data security law
Maryrose Fison of Citywire reports: HBOS has accidentally sent the details of a number of customers to a consumer who lodged a complaint. The bank sent an elderly customer what appears to be a screen shot from its customer relations department, giving the names of 11 customers and corresponding complaint numbers and dates.