Collaborate Disseminate
Rachel Polansky reports: Trash scattered on the side of a major road in Lehigh Acres turns out to be information that could have ruined a woman’s life. The NBC2 Investigators went to check out the situation after your tips came into the newsroom…. Continue reading FL: Trash scattered all over road contained SSN and medical records
Robert Sutcliffe reports: The Information Commissioner is investigating after a cache of confidential police information was discovered by a member of the public in Holmfirth. West Yorkshire Police say they are also looking into the circumstances of ho… Continue reading UK: Man finds confidential police reports in the road
There’s a follow-up to a 2015 breach that was previously reported on this blog. Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey made the announcement yesterday: BOSTON — McLean Hospital Corporation will implement new security and training programs a… Continue reading MA: McLean Hospital to Implement New Security and Training Programs After Data Breach Exposed Sensitive Health Information
David Sun reports: The authorities are investigating a potential data breach after a travel agency employee lost a hard disk containing personal details of clients. The employee of Insight Vacations had taken the disk out of the office without authoris… Continue reading SG: Potential data breach after travel agency employee loses hard disk
Rachel Farrell reports: A leading university has experienced a potential data breach after a USB stick containing “confidential” details of up to 900 students went missing. NUI Galway, with a student population of over 18,000, confirmed in a statement … Continue reading IE: University at centre of potential data breach after USB stick ‘goes missing’
Russell Pollard reports: Around 400 people who picked up their prescribed medication from the Boots store on St Mark’s Road in Chaddesden, in early September, should be concerned, and should be asking some serious questions of Boots. The original versi… Continue reading Boots cover up breach of confidentiality; over 400 lost ‘prescriptions’ from its Chaddesden store
Weibrecht Law in New Hampshire recently submitted a notification to their state with this explanation of their breach: On or about Monday September 10th, our office sent an unencrypted electronic copy (“thumb drive”) of a client file via US… Continue reading Still sending data via unencrypted thumb drives in the mail? It will cost you.
From the Information Commissioner’s Office, this monetary penalty notice in response to a breach previously noted on this site: Heathrow Airport Limited (HAL) has been fined £120,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for failing to e… Continue reading Heathrow Airport Limited fined £120,000 for serious failings in its data protection practices
Gareth Dunning reports: A failing children’s clinic that lost vital paper work and mixed up medical records told a watchdog that expectations of its services were ‘unrealistic’. Woodview Children’s Centre in Widnes has been issued with a Co… Continue reading UK: Children’s centre lost paperwork and mixed-up records
Brittany Bade reports: At first glance, it just looked like a lot of litter lining the street, but when concerned citizens stopped to look, they realized these discarded papers hold information no one would want out in the open. “I’m floore… Continue reading Hundreds of private medical documents scattered on Albuquerque street