The BBC reports that the personal records of six people from Dove Lane Residential Home in Harrold and belonging to NHS services in the county were found in a roadway. The residential home is run by Houghton Regis-based Aldwyck Housing Group. The NHS agency responsible, Bedfordshire Continence Services, is expected to comment later.
Category: Paper
OH: Trash bins yield treasure trove for ID thieves
Paul Aker of The Columbus Dispatch reports that the Ohio Department of Public Safety is investigating how hundreds of documents containing names, Social Security numbers, drivers license numbers, and other personal information ended up in trash bins behind at least 10 state branches of the Bureau of Motor Vehicles.
Ore. ID thief gets 13 years prison
I usually cover arrests and convictions in Bits ‘n Pieces entries, but an Associated Press story on the sentencing of Stephen Rowell for mail/identity theft has some unusual details, apparently including the fact that Rowell has written songs about the fun of being an ID thief. Rowell was sentenced to 13 years in prison, and…
KS: Confidential Paperwork Found In Apartment Dumpster
Kim Wilhelm of KWCH12 reports that “boxes and boxes” of unshredded confidential personal and financial information from apartment rental applications were found in a dumpster behind Madison Park Apartments in Wichita. Now if this had happened in Texas, the state might do something and even fine the company, but I wonder what, if anything, Kansas…
IN: Business accidently tosses records containing personal information for area residents
Mike Bennett of the Palladium Item reports that documents with personal information, including Social Security numbers, from hundreds of residents in eastern Indiana were found in recycling bins over the weekend. John Fisher, the president of Atlas Collections, took full responsibility for the accident, claiming that he didn’t know what was in the boxes he…
IN: Personal Documents Found Strewn Along Rural Road
6News reports that thousands of documents containing personal information — including Social Security numbers and financial information — were found on a rural road. The files appear to have come from DFS Capital Funding.