Dan Scanlan reports: At least 33 laptop computers and iPads were stolen in late July from the Wounded Warrior Project’s third-floor office at 4899 Belfort Road in Jacksonville. They may contain personal information on “some, but not all of our former employees,” according to a letter sent out Sept. 7 by Wounded Warrior Executive Director…
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TX: Students’ Personal Information Found in Dumpster
KRGV reports that folders containing students’ personal information was found in a dumpster behind a Habitat for Humanity building in McAllen, Texas. The files contained names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, addresses, and telephone numbers of 20 students from the Lucille Hendricks Elementary School. Read more on KRGV.
ERIC attempts to purge research database of SSN and other PII
ERIC, a clearinghouse and database for education research articles, has this notice linked from their home page: Dear ERIC Community, In early August we discovered that sensitive personally identifiable information appeared in some full text documents contained in the ERIC collection. Specifically, social security numbers and other highly sensitive information were found in multiple documents…
Financial Planner Stole Clients’ Identities
A former financial planner was sentenced to two years in prison and three years of probation for stealing personal identity information of about 3,000 clients and using the information to open new accounts, make purchases and cash advances and reroute the clients’ mail. Andrew W. Myers, 33, a former financial planner at Northwestern Mutual and…
ME: Sheriff Department’s Social Security numbers breach poses privacy concerns
Seth Koenig reports: Cumberland County Sheriff Kevin Joyce is urging the approximately 180 people recently arrested by his agency whose Social Security numbers were accidentally made public this week to be wary of strange activity in their bank or other personal accounts. […] On Thursday night, the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office announced that a new…
Wyndham files motion to dismiss FTC privacy suit
Stephen E Wieker and Liisa M. Thomas write: In a strongly-worded motion filed in federal district court in Arizona, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts LLC recently asked the court to dismiss all charges filed by the Federal Trade Commission alleging Wyndham engaged in unfair and deceptive privacy practices. As we reported in June, according to the FTC, these practices…