Fikayo Olowolagba reports: The National Population Commission (NPC) Badagry office located at Town Hall near Topo Garage, in Lagos State has been attacked by robbers. A staff member of the commission, Mrs Funmilayo Bojrenu told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Badagry that vital documents belonging to NPC were stolen. Read more at Daily…
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Alleged docket dumping probed (South African Police Service)
Natasha Bezuidenhout reports: Police are investigating allegations which claim police files, dockets and rape kits from Steenberg Police Station were found discarded at a dumping site. Ward 68 councillor Marita Petersen claimed she found remnants of police dockets and rape kits dumped in Steenberg since the beginning of April. Read more at News24
UK: Confidential documents were blown into gardens in data breach
Adam Shaw reports: A North London council has suspended its bin collection provider from handling sensitive material after letters containing residents’ personal information were blown into gardens and gutters. Brent Council is investigating a “data breach” after council documents fell off a Veolia truck on its way to a depot in Croydon. Read more at…
Arkansas AG Sues Defunct Health Provider for Mishandling Patient Records
Scott Carroll reports: Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge on Thursday announced a lawsuit against the defunct Eastern Ozarks Regional Health for failing to protect sensitive patient information after it closed. The former hospital in Cherokee Village is accused of leaving behind thousands of unsecured patient and employee records that contain social security numbers, driver’s license…
Ie: Mother seeking compensation from HSE over data breach involving report into treatment of toddler at hospital
Independent.ie reports: A report compiled by the HSE in response to a complaint about the treatment given to a 19-month-old patient found its way into the wrong hands, Wexford Circuit Court was told. The result was a case taken on behalf of the now three-year-old girl from County Wexford seeking compensation for the breach of…
NYU Langone notified 1,123 patients of privacy issue due to mailing vendor error
NYU Langone Health notified patients the week of January 4, 2022, about a potential privacy incident resulting in misdirected, limited patient information. The incident occurred on or about November 12, 2021, when a communication was sent via U.S. mail to inform patients of a planned relocation of an NYU Langone Health oncology surgeon originally based…