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Sarah Jane Bell and Ross Kay report that an undisclosed numbers of Specsavers customers have had their personal and medical information stolen: “Contents may include your name, date of birth, address, phone number, email address, clinical records… Continue reading AU: Specsavers says Qld customers’ private medical information may have been compromised
Mamta Lulla reports: Alberta Health Services is notifying 6,129 patients that their health information may have been viewed by someone other than their authorized care providers. The measure follows the theft of two hard drives contained in equipment i… Continue reading Ca: Patient data stolen during theft at Red Deer hospital
The Thompson Citizen reports: Personal information of up to 225 minors may have been on a laptop that was stolen from the Northern Regional Health Authority (NRHA) administration building in March. The theft of the laptop was discovered March 27. The c… Continue reading Ca: Laptop with personal information of up to 225 minors stolen from Thompson NRHA building in March
Mandy Zuo reports: A three-year investigation by police in southwest China into personal data theft has ended with 32 people behind bars and several more awaiting trial, state media reported. More than 50 people were detained by police in Chongqing as … Continue reading Now it’s personal: 32 jailed in China for stealing 39 million pieces of private data
He claims that Apple allegedly uses the technology to spot shoplifters and that it falsely linked him to a series of Apple store thefts. Continue reading Teen sues Apple for $1 billion over Apple stores’ facial recognition
Walt Buteau reports: A terminated veteran East Greenwich firefighter pleaded no contest in a case involving missing data used to repair and maintain the emergency alarm system that protects town-owned buildings and commercial property, the Target 12 In… Continue reading Terminated firefighter enters plea in stolen data case
Wow. As far as a physical security FAIL goes, this is a contender. The Ahmedabad Mirror reports: Officials of the Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI) in Gujarat on Sunday lodged a complaint of theft of record files from their storage unit i… Continue reading In: Files feared stolen from GST Intel records room
WTXL reports: The United Way of the Big Bend is investigating a possible data security breach that occurred when taxpayer information was stolen from an employee in March. The organization says that 64 taxpayers’ information may be exposed after … Continue reading United Way of the Big Bend investigates possible data security breach
Breaches that involve health data generally will cost you more. Asia Fields reports: Washington State University learned a costly lesson after a hard drive containing the personal information of more than a million people was stolen from a self-storage… Continue reading WSU to pay up to $4.7 million for data theft involving 1.2 million people
The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority says a bag was stolen last month containing the personal information of several clients. The bag was taken from an unattended parked vehicle of a WRHA employee on March 7, containing a notebook with the employee’s… Continue reading WRHA: Client Data Breached After Bag Stolen from Car