Network Security Report reports: Play.com, one of the largest online retailers of consumer goods, has suffered a security breach. In a warning to customers, Play.com has said that customer names and email addresses may have been compromised. Play.com is washing its hands of direct responsibility, claiming that a third party on its marketing communications team…
Citizens Connect Accidentally Displayed Several Complainants’ Personal Information
Sara Morrison reports: Laura Holland was not surprised when a convenience store near her home let its dumpster overflow with garbage and didn’t shovel a path to allow the garbage truck in to collect it; she’s had issues with the store’s dumpster practices in the past. She was surprised, however, when she discovered that her…
Ca: Rogers hacked by TeamHans, customer contracts and sensitive corporate e-mails dumped
Hackers calling themselves TeamHans have hacked the giant Canadian communications and media firm, Rogers, and dumped a lot of corporate proprietary data to prove it. According to the hackers, who announced the hack on Twitter where they tweet as @TeamHans_, the dump includes: Contracts with corporate customers Sensitive corporate e-mails Sensitive documents regarding Rogers (corporate…
Ca: Star gets action from parking cops after privacy breach
Eric Lai writes: Toronto Parking Tag Operations recently “returned” a payment cheque and ticket to my mother, as it’s a Barrie-issued ticket. The thing is: neither the ticket nor cheque were hers. Mom recently paid a Toronto ticket by mail, but that’s where her involvement ends. Apparently, Toronto staff thought nothing of “returning” a personalized…
NZ: Southern District Health Board apologizes after spreadsheet with 60 patients' info sent to member of the public
Evan Harding reports that the Southern District Health Board is apologizing for a privacy breach that resulted from human error. A spread sheet containing the details of approximately 60 patients’ proposed surgery was inadvertently emailed to a member of the public. Read more on Press Reader.
Medical College of Wisconsin notifies patients of HIPAA breach after document stolen from doctor's car
Michele McCormack of CBS reports: The Medical College of Wisconsin is contacting hundreds of people after a patient privacy breach. A spokesperson says a document containing private information on approximately 400 patients and a laptop with information on one patient were stolen. It happened when somebody broke into a doctor’s car. There is no statement…