ABC22 reports: Police are investigating several reports of identity theft stemming from information stolen from H&R Block records. The information has been used, Huber Heights police say, to open credit card accounts and make Internet purchases. Police and H&R Block say they have sent out hundreds of letters to people potentially affected. Read more on…
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Solano County Dept. of Child Support Services letters lost by courier
The California Department of Child Support Services is notifying some individuals of an incident that occurred last month. From their notification letter: On April 7, 2014, several letters from the Solano County Department of Child Support Services were misplaced while in the custody of a contracted courier who was transporting mail to the US Post Office. Although…
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council signs undertaking after case file left at client’s home
An undertaking to comply with the seventh data protection principle has been signed (pdf) by Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council. This follows an investigation into a social worker leaving a case file containing sensitive personal data at a client’s home. According to the undertaking, the Information Commissioner’s Office was informed of the breach in March 2013. After…
FL: Fasano fires printing company over registration error
As breaches go, it’s not a huge one, but it cost one company a customer. Laura Kinsler reports: Tax Collector Mike Fasano has fired a printing contractor that mistakenly sent out nearly 2,000 auto vehicle registrations to Pasco County residents with the wrong personal information on them. Fasano said the vendor, CASS Data and Mailing…
MA: Records with private info about Quincy vets found on city streets
Dozens of old city records containing private information about local military veterans were strewn about a Quincy Center neighborhood Tuesday, blowing around in the wind and available for anyone to pick up and view. The records, some of which contained personal information for Quincy military veterans, such as Social Security numbers, bank account data, healthcare…
UT: Disbarred lawyer’s client files with personal information found in dumpster
Mike Anderson reports: David Shell is outraged. Files containing clients’ Social Security numbers and bank account information were found dumped outside the former office of Thomas Rasmussen near 4700 S. Highland Drive. One of those files contained Shell’s information. “I don’t believe it,” he said. “They should not be able to just take a receipt…