Vivian Yee reports: No lives were lost in the huge fire that gutted a storage building on the Williamsburg waterfront over the weekend. But the flames put plenty of lives on display as the crumpling warehouse belched up its contents: decades’ worth of charred medical records, court transcripts, lawyers’ letters, sonograms, bank checks and more….
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Thieves hit 13 Wells Fargo mortgage offices in 5 states to steal IDs
Scott Daugherty reports: They drove up and down the East Coast trying to break into Wells Fargo mortgage offices, according to court documents. New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Maryland. Thirteen locations in all. Jeffrey “Lef” Washington and his crew weren’t interested in cash, though. The money would come later. They wanted the personal…
TX: Tax documents from BBS, Inc. found in dumpster
A Houston tax preparer, BBS, Inc. (also known as Bill’s Bookkeeping Service) linked to hundreds of improperly discarded documents containing personal information said that an employee was to blame for the improper disposal. Joel Eisenbaum reports on Click2Houston.
IE: Investigations to examine why farmers’ files found on Galway roadside
Alison Healy reports: Three investigations are now underway into how thousands of documents containing farmers’ personal details ended up on a roadside outside Tuam, Co Galway. The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner and Galway County Council both said they were investigating the incident. The Agricultural Consultants’ Association also said it was trying to get to the bottom of the incident. Read…
AU: Centrelink’s slap on the wrist for shocking privacy breach
Noel Towell reports: A Centrelink manager who left dozens of sensitive client files on public transport earlier this year has been let off with a small fine and a reprimand. Departmental insiders say client’s private financial data is still being routinely carried around on trains and buses in and around the Queensland capital despite the…
GA: Confidential paperwork found after theft
Rachel Stockman reports: Confidential customer information from a car dealership was potentially compromised after a theft. Delores Carston showed Channel 2 Action News file after file of confidential customer information, including her own, that she says somehow ended up on the street. A man found the paperwork and called her. “This is personal information, this…