A Scottish advocate breached the Data Protection Act after failing to encrypt a laptop containing sensitive personal data which was later stolen, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said today. The laptop was stolen from the home of Ruth Crawford QC in 2009 when she was away on holiday. Ms. Crawford noted that she had left…
Category: Theft
IL: CEFCU warns of possible security breach (Update2)
Steve Tarter reports: The CEFCU credit union is contacting an unspecified number of its members about a possible security breach due to the theft of a laptop computer that contained some members’ names and account numbers. “We have to be careful. At this time, we have no evidence that any personal information on the laptop…
LivingSocial laptop containing employee data stolen
Bill Flook reports: LivingSocial Inc. confirmed Thursday that a laptop containing personal information of a few hundreds (sic) current and former employees was stolen last month. In an internal email obtained by the Washington Business Journal, LivingSocial human resources chief Jennifer Trzepacz warned that the computer, pinched Oct. 17, may have contained data including names,…
AU: Computershare ‘breach’ a lesson in information larceny (UPDATED)
Leonie Woods reports: The privacy and financial records of millions of shareholders who use Computershare’s global share registry system were placed at risk this year when a Boston employee quit the company, allegedly taking with her thousands of pages of highly sensitive and confidential documents. [See UPDATE below]. The employee resigned in September last year…
UK: Thief takes computer and cash from garage
Jamie Bowman reports: A Southport mechanic is counting the cost after a thief stole cash and a computer from his garage while he was busy working on a car. Gordon Mawdsley, the owner of the Autofix Centre on Shakespeare Street, said the impact on his business would be “massive”, following the theft of his new…
MN: Stolen Hard Drive Recovered
Mallory Peebles reports: A stolen hard drive belonging to the city of Waseca is safely recovered. The hard drive is recovered after Waseca police received a tip call about teens looking into cars. The juveniles were questioned and one voluntarily admitted to taking the hard drive from a vehicle last Monday. It contained personal information…