Amy Easley reports: Dozens of boxes containing personal information, from bills to bank statements, were discovered at the Negus Transfer Station in Redmond Saturday morning. Joe, a Crooked River Ranch resident, said Monday he came across the files while he was unloading his recyclables. “I started looking at the files, and there was probably a…
Email leaks 350 Baptist East employee Social Security numbers
Here’s another case in which people whose data were revealed found out first from the media instead of from the entity responsible for protecting their data. WHAS11 reports: For the second time in less than a week hundreds of people in Kentuckiana are worrying about identity theft after their employer accidentally released their social security…
NHS staff to improve data handling after details of cancer patients go missing
Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Trust has pledged to improve data security after it informed the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) of a data breach involving the loss or theft of three unencrypted USB sticks containing sensitive patient information. Each of the devices contained the full treatment and full diagnosis history relating to a number…
CalOptima Reports Potential Loss of Patient Claims Information (updated)
From CalOptima’s web site: ORANGE, Calif. (October 23, 2009) – CalOptima has identified the potential loss of past medical claims information for approximately 68,000 of its members that was stored on electronic media devices. CalOptima’s claims scanning vendor sent the electronic media devices to CalOptima through the U.S. Postal service by certified mail. On Tuesday,…
TD Ameritrade settlement rejected
Josh Funk of Associated Press reports that Judge Vaughn Walker has rejected the settlement offer by TD Ameritrade. The settlement was in response to a hack in 2006 nd 2007 which exposed customer contact information on 6.3 million clients. According to the AP, the judge found that the deal, which would give the affected customers…
Stolen laptops biggest danger as extent of UK data losses revealed
Karl Flinders reports: UK CIOs reported 356 data loss incidents last year, a Freedom of Information (FOI) request by a software supplier has revealed. The FOI request to the information commissioner’s office by Software AG revealed that within the 356 reported incidents 71 memory sticks and CDs were lost, 127 devices including laptops were stolen…