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Vendor data on encrypted tapes falls off truck – UPDATED

Posted on August 30, 2009 by Dissent

A box with encrypted tapes containing personal data fell off a truck… Cuyahoga County officials are searching for a box that fell off a truck and contained personal information for 300 people. The box was being moved Monday to a storage facility and held information, including Social Security numbers, for private vendors who provide services…

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Administrative services provider holding databases hostage – law firms

Posted on August 28, 2009 by Dissent

Courthouse News reports: A group of law firms that offer advice to debtors says a company it hired to provide administrative services took $9 million in profits and is holding sensitive client records hostage. Persels & Associates, of Towson, Md. dba Consumer Law Associates and Legal Advice Line, sued My Professional Advice in Baltimore County…

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IBM Employee Information Disclosed By Supplier In China

Posted on August 26, 2009 by Dissent

According to South Metropolitan Daily newspaper, the personal data of more than 1000 employees of IBM Shenzhen has been disclosed and used to apply for credit cards. Employees of IBM Shenzhen found that their personal information had been disclosed and this data was used to apply for credit cards without their knowledge with a Bank…

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Update: Home Office admits full extent of USB data loss

Posted on August 26, 2009 by Dissent

The Home Office has had to dramatically revise its estimates of the amount of data contained on a memory stick lost by third-party contractor PA Consulting last year. The department’s newly released Resource Accounts for 2008-09 (PDF) say that the USB device containing Police National Computer and prisoner data actually held 377,000 records, 250,000 more…

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Police files found in city skip

Posted on August 20, 2009 by Dissent

A police investigation is under way to find out how files containing details of more than 60 people who applied for jobs with the [Police Service of Northern Ireland] ended up in a skip. The documents were discovered by a contractor in Ann Street in Belfast this week and were handed over to DUP Upper…

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Potential medical breach upsets Clarksville patients

Posted on August 15, 2009 by Dissent

Debra Heaton thinks Clarksville Surgical Associates should do more after she and other patients received letters this week informing them some of their personal information may have been exposed. Advertisement But Dr. Steven Daugherty, owner of the practice, said by mailing 14,500 letters to clients, he has gone “above and beyond” what the law requires…

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