From the Information Commissioner’s Office: The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has taken action after a London estate agent continued to leave papers containing personal information on the street despite a previous warning. On 11 December 2013, the ICO was informed that an outlet owned by Thamesview Estate Agents was leaving papers containing personal information in…
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AZ: Social Security numbers, other personal information found in dumpster behind Gilbert business
John Erickson reports: A “mistake” is what led to the discovery of people’s names and Social Security numbers in a Gilbert dumpster. A tipster told ABC15 to look in the trash adjacent to Desert Title Service near Baseline and Lindsay roads. The dumpster was accessible to anyone and was not behind a locked gate; its…
NZ: City council documents fly loose (UPDATED)
Shelley Robinson reports from Christchurch: Thousands of city council documents filled with personal details, including bankruptcy and medical information, have been flying off the top of a soon to be demolished car parking building. For weeks, people in the Re:Start Mall and surrounding blocks have been finding parking infringement notices from 2001 – 2003. The…
OK: Payne County treasurer’s office tosses sensitive documents in dumpster
Paige Hill reports that the Payne County assessor’s office noticed a dumpster full of documents and files with personal information including social security numbers – but before anything could be done, a dump truck hauled all the papers away. County Assessor James Cowan says he noticed documents that date from the 1980′s to 2008. Read more on…
Oakland School Employees Are ID Theft Victims after Records Were Left in Abandoned HQ
More details on this breach: The Oakland Unified School District abandoned its dilapidated headquarters in January 2013 after a janitor left a faucet on overnight and flooded the building. Educators departed and the homeless moved in, but no one bothered to remove or secure records that were scattered throughout the building. The folly of that…
NC: Checks with Buncombe school employee information stolen
Julie Ball reports: Buncombe County school officials have alerted more than 170 employees after an envelope containing checks with their names and Social Security numbers was stolen and some of the checks were cashed. The checks were mailed in March to ING, the financial services company, as contributions to supplemental retirement plans. Some employees contribute…