Kevin McCallum reports: Shoppers who used the self-checkout lines at 21 Lucky supermarkets in the Bay Area should cancel their accounts to protect their money, the company that owns the grocery chain announced Monday. The warning does not yet include Lucky’s Supermarkets in the North Bay, but a store in Petaluma was under investigation as…
UK: Powys County Council fined £130,000 for disclosing child protection case details
From the Information Commissioner’s Office: The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has today served a monetary penalty of £130,000 to Powys County Council for a serious breach of the Data Protection Act where the details of a child protection case were sent to the wrong recipient. The penalty is the highest that the ICO has served since it…
College fails to properly dispose of documents – Privacy breach at Red River
Garth Hilderman reports: More than 1,000 pages of campus crime reports, complete with the names, addresses and even photos of some victims, were dumped in a recycling bin at Red River College, a privacy breach the college calls “very serious.” The college has referred the matter to the provincial Ombdusman office to determine the severity…
Credit unions want merchants held to same data security standards
The Credit Union National Association is pushing for change – and although there will be pushback from the merchant sector, a lot of what CUNA is pushing for is consistent with what privacy advocates want: Data security is a critical issue and the U.S. Congress should consider legislative changes to protect consumers, such as requiring…
Tennessee mailing error results in employees canceling insurance and scrambling to monitor their credit
AP reports: The state of Tennessee is offering credit protection to nearly 2,000 employees who canceled their health or dental insurance after officials mailed out their personal information in October. Each mailing included a certificate containing the information of the recipient and three other letters aimed at other members of the plan. State officials say…
AR: PCSSD Employees Could Be Victims of ID Theft
Heather Crawford reports: Former and current Pulaski County Special School District employees are being urged to keep a close eye on their financial accounts. A letter from the district went out Friday informing them their confidential records, including name and social security numbers, may have been compromised. A district spokeswoman says a laptop containing the…