The Associated Press reports that someone who purchased file cabinets at a state surplus auction discovered that Ohio personnel files containing Social Security numbers, medical histories, and salaries of five former state employees were still in the cabinet. According to man, when he contacted the Ohio Department of Administrative Services about the situation, first they…
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FL: Personal information papers found in dumpster
Suncoast News reports that “reams” of personal information, including employment applications, Social Security numbers, and driver’s license numbers, have been found carelessly dumped in a Sarasota dumpster by someone from Westaff Employment, a company that appears to be closed. I expect we will see even more of such reports as small businesses (or large ones) go…
Mass. General paperwork for 66 patients lost on Red Line train
Milton J. Valencia reports that documents containing the personal medical information of at least 66 patients at Massachusetts General Hospital was lost this month when an employee apparently left them on an MBTA train. The lost billing records contained names, dates of birth, and medical information such as diagnoses and the name of the provider…
TX: Loan documents found in trash
Deborah Wingley of ABC News reports that boxes filled with loan documents containing personal information, including names and Social Security numbers, were found in the trash. The loan applications were taken by Royce Homes. The state is investigating.
CA: Security breach at SCC inspires shredding changes
Sarah Rohrs reports that a computer printout containing the names, addresses and Social Security numbers of students in the 2008 graduating class of Solano Community College accidentally got mixed in with scrap paper used in a mathematics lab. The college believes it recovered all of the pages.
TX: Medical Records Found Flying Around Parking Lot
MSNBC has a small item from NBCDFW.com that a Dallas man found a box full of medical records that included Social Security numbers in a parking lot after someone reportedly broke into a doctor’s storage unit. Neither the name of the doctor nor the name of the storage facility were indicated in the news story.