CBS reports: Nearly 800 paper files containing sensitive information were stolen last month from a Riverside County employee’s vehicle, the county announced Thursday. The records, stolen July 27, contained sensitive information about cases investigated by the Riverside County Department of Public Social Services, putting the personal data of 770 individuals at risk of misuse, officials…
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Lost garda documents fell from back of bike
Darrah McDonagh reports: Garda documents fell off the back of a motorcycle when it hit a speed bump and were never recovered, according to records. The incident was one of more than 40 data-protection breaches involving sensitive information held by the Department of Justice and Equality that were recorded last year. Read more on The…
Ca: Patient horrified after medical information left at curb outside London walk-in clini
Andrew Lupton reports: Ontario’s information and privacy commissioner is investigating after a clear plastic bag containing documents with patient names and medication information was left at the curb outside a London walk-in clinic. One patient whose information was in the bag said she’s furious the papers weren’t shredded. Read more on CBC.
Ca: ‘We feel terrible’: Vancouver tour company apologizes as privacy commissioner looks into breach
Penny Daflos reports: A tour company that organizes school field trips for B.C. students is apologizing for dumping personal information in the recycling bin of a sorting room where hundreds of Yaletown residents and others had access. Peter Meiszner, who lives in the residential area of the mixed-use building on Cambie Street, was stunned to…
IOM: Manx government loses home care residents’ personal data
BBC reports: Personal information belonging to dozens of vulnerable people receiving government-funded home care on the Isle of Man has been lost. Paper records of phone numbers, names and addresses of 33 adults had been “mislaid”, the Department of Health and Social Care admitted. Codes to access the keys to seven people’s homes were also…
Break-in at medical records centre behind discovery of personal files in Donegal park
There’s an update to a news story that was first reported in June. TheJournal.ie now reports that the HSE has admitted that there was a break-in involving storage containers at St. Conal’s medical facility close to Letterkenny University Hospital. According to the HSE, a lock on the container was smashed and an unknown number of…