Category Archives: Lost or Missing

Polish DPA: Bank Millennium fined 80,000 EUR for failure to notify the breach and the data subjects about the incident

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22 November 2021 Background information Date of final decision: 14 October 2021 Cross-border case or national case: National case Controller: Bank Millennium S.A. Legal Reference: Notification of a personal data breach to the supervisory authority (Art… Continue reading Polish DPA: Bank Millennium fined 80,000 EUR for failure to notify the breach and the data subjects about the incident→

VA: Hundreds of parents, students, staff at risk of identity theft as personal records found tossed on floor at Old Pulaski Middle School

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Kelsey Jean-Baptiste reports: Concerns about confidential records being found thrown on the ground of the Old Pulaski Middle School have many worried. Hundreds of students, teachers, and staff are now at risk of having their private information stolen…. Continue reading VA: Hundreds of parents, students, staff at risk of identity theft as personal records found tossed on floor at Old Pulaski Middle School→

UK: Tesco worker compensated after supermarket lost 15 years of her medical records

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Tristan Cork reports: A woman from Bristol has been awarded £3,000 in compensation after discovering Tesco had lost 15 years of her employment records, including sensitive medical information. Jacqueline Ogborne worked for the supermarket chain for 30 … Continue reading UK: Tesco worker compensated after supermarket lost 15 years of her medical records→

City of Dallas calls IT protocols ‘inadequate’ in 131-page report on police data loss

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Ryan Osborne reports: Dallas’ city information technology department sent a 131-page report to city council on Thursday, detailing the massive data loss involving police records earlier this year and attributing the issue to “inadequate&#82… Continue reading City of Dallas calls IT protocols ‘inadequate’ in 131-page report on police data loss→

Morgan Stanley asks court to throw out data security lawsuit

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Ryan W. Neal reports: Morgan Stanley has asked a New York federal court to throw out a class action lawsuit alleging the firm failed to properly wipe sensitive client information from decommissioned computer equipment that has since gone missing. The f… Continue reading Morgan Stanley asks court to throw out data security lawsuit→

GA: Hundreds of peoples’ medical records from Hope Medical found along a road

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Justin Gray reports: Medical records for hundreds of patients were found dumped along the side of a road in South Fulton County. Channel 2 Action News has learned that those records contained everything from Social Security numbers to private medical i… Continue reading GA: Hundreds of peoples’ medical records from Hope Medical found along a road→