Ovetta Wiggins reports: The Prince George’s County Public School System notified employees on Friday evening of a possible security breach involving employees’ personal data. […] Davis said a report that contained employees’ social security numbers, birth dates and employee identification numbers was emailed outside of the school system. A spokeswoman for the system said the…
Ca: Stolen laptops had no North Saanich taxpayer info; privacy probe underway
Katie DeRosa reports: B.C.’s information and privacy commissioner is investigating whether the theft of two laptops from North Saanich municipal offices constitutes a privacy breach. The laptops of chief administrative officer Rob Buchan and manager of corporate services Curt Kingsley were stolen sometime between late Saturday, after the municipal election ended, and early Monday. Sidney/North…
WA: Tacoma hospital suffers security breach, $100K stolen
Henry Rosoff reports: Franciscan Health Systems is still trying to figure out how a former IT contractor kept his active security pass for months after he was done working for the company. Justin Pace is now charged with stealing $100,000 in computers, scanners and other equipment from three Franciscan facilities, including St. Joseph’s Hospital. […]…
OH: True Vision Eyecare Laptop Stolen
LANCASTER – True Vision Eyecare experienced a theft on Oct. 3 which included a laptop computer containing some patient information. The only individually identifiable information available on the stolen laptop was the first and last name and spectacle lens order of some of the patients who have ordered glasses since July of 2013, the company said….
UK: Police investigate personal data theft from Aberdeen City Council
The Evening Express reports police are investigating data theft from Aberdeen City Council in August: The incident was one of six breaches of the Data Protection Act between July and September this year. Evening Express does not provide any details on this particular incident, though.
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center to Pay $100,000 to Settle State Charges Over Data Breach
As noted on this site in July 2012, Boston.com reported that a laptop with patient information had been stolen from a physician’s office at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in May. By August 2013, the breach had cost the medical center over $500,000, but there was at least one silver lining. Now, however, the breach has cost them…