Errors continue to plague the Veterans Administration System. In its June report, the Albuquerque VA reported that a veteran returned a a list to the Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF-OIF) Office. He had found the list containing 73 veterans’ full names and full Social Security Numbers with appointment dates in paperwork he had picked up…
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MN: Guests’ personal information found next to Motel 6 dumpster
Maybe they should change their advertising to “We’ll leave the light on, and your details outside?” Tyler Berg reports: A guest at a St. Paul Motel 6 said she came across boxes full of personal information laying next to a dumpster. Leyla Dupey said she was walking her dog last week outside the motel when she…
Ca: Victoria Police investigating after employee records tossed in cardboard bin
CTV reports: Police are investigating a possible privacy breach after a Victoria sporting goods business tossed boxes upon boxes of personal information in a downtown cardboard recycling bin. Six boxes, which contained sensitive private information including social insurance numbers and bank and health records, were discovered by a CTV employee in the bin behind Sports…
Ca: Laptop, files stolen from employee’s car held data on babies
Jonathan Sher reports: Personal health information about young mothers and their babies was stolen from the parking lot of the local health unit after an employee left files and a laptop in a vehicle, health officials say. The thief made off with health information of about a dozen families that had been left in a…
Medical documents found in confetti for women’s soccer parade
Well, this is not the first time we’ve seen personal information in a ticker tape parade. We saw it in 2009 when the Yankees were honored in the Canyon of Heroes and some folks dumped unshredded or inadequately shredded papers. It also happened during the 2012 NY Giants Super Bowl parade and then the Macy’s Thanksgiving…
Howard University Hospital patients received letters meant for others
Julie Zauzmer reports: More than 1,400 Howard University Hospital patients accidentally received letters intended for other patients with the same last names, the university disclosed on Friday. The letters contained only the patients’ names, their account numbers and the dates that they visited Howard University doctors, not any other personal information, the university said in…