Eric Besson reports: As public anxiety persists over regular reports of major data breaches, Social Security numbers of up to thousands of current and former Jefferson County residents can be found online in electronic county records, increasing locals’ vulnerability to a costly and stressful ordeal. The issue lingers from an unresolved statewide privacy gap spotted almost a…
Category: U.S.
Maine’s Yellowfront Grocery hit by payment card breach
Yellowfront Grocery in Damariscotta, Maine, notified its customers via Facebook that it had experienced a point-of-sale (POS) breach on Oct 23. SCMagazine has some of the details. h/t, @VERISDB
Dallas County has been exposing tens of thousands of people’s SSN and details for more than a decade – CBS
CBS Dallas isn’t revealing details because, despite their warnings to the county for 6 months and despite assurances from the county that it would address the problem, Dallas County still hasn’t secured the personal information of tens of thousands of North Texans. Personal information, including Social Security Numbers, addresses, dates of birth, and driver’s license numbers have reportedly…
FL: Federal jury finds wrongdoing, but no emotional distress, in records snooping case
Well, this is different. A jury actually found for a plaintiff who alleged snooping in her driver’s records – and awarded her damages that included penalizing the Marion County Sheriff’s Office for enabling the snooping. Nicki Gorny reports: An Ocala woman did not suffer emotional distress when a former Marion County Sheriff’s Office deputy snooped…
TX: State sues defunct health care management firm after health records found in recycling bin
Patrick Danner reports: A defunct home health care management company that was based in San Antonio has been sued by the state over clients’ personal information found in a recycling container at Stevenson Middle School. Files belonging to Alliance Health Management & Consulting Inc. were recovered by Northside Independent School District police officers on July 14, 2014,…
NYC Dermatologist Emails Spreadsheet Containing Personal Info for 15K Patients
Ida Siegal reports: When Missy Brown opened her email Monday morning, she was stunned to find a document from her doctor’s office containing personal information for 15,000 names. “I think the subject line said ‘coupon attached,’ and I saw that there was a spreadsheet attachment,” she said. “As soon as I opened it, I saw that…