CBS DFW reports: A woman in Mansfield got a call from a man who said he found her personal information in a dumpster. The documents were found in a Mansfield industrial office complex about ten miles from the Liberty Tax Alta Mesa office in Fort Worth where they were filed. The files included bank account…
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Detroit Fire Department personal information compromised after fire at former training school
Jason Colthorp reports: Firefighters are upset over what they claim they found at a place where many of them learned their trade. In this age of identity theft, no one wants to find their own personal information sitting out in the open, but that’s what some of Detroit’s bravest said turned up after a fire at the former…
UK: Man finds confidential police reports in the road
Robert Sutcliffe reports: The Information Commissioner is investigating after a cache of confidential police information was discovered by a member of the public in Holmfirth. West Yorkshire Police say they are also looking into the circumstances of how around 50 items were found flapping around on the morning of Saturday, December 22. […] “I began…
After nearly five years lawsuit against Flowers Hospital is over
WTVY reports that lawsuit stemming from an insider breach that was part of a tax refund fraud scheme has settled: A federal lawsuit claiming a Dothan hospital’s negligence resulted in the theft of patients’ personal information has been dismissed. Attorneys agreed to a settlement and a judge approved it. The settlement calls for Flowers Hospital…
AU: Big W customer data leaked due to printer repair mishap
Matthew Elmas reports: A Big W worker accidentally leaked the personal information of 32 people earlier this year when repairing a printer for a customer, Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) disclosures reveal. The Woolworths-owned discount department store has admitted to an extraordinary instance of human error where an employee enclosed confidential information within a…
AU: Thousands affected in ActewAGL and Icon Water mail-out privacy breach
Jasper Lindell reports: ActewAGL has confirmed 400 electricity, gas and water customers have received bundles of bills addressed to other utility customers in a massive privacy breach affecting 6000 customers in the ACT and NSW. ActewAGL notified the Privacy Commissioner of the breach after it became aware of the mistake on Wednesday and had set up…