Tracy Dang reports: Katy Independent School District said it made an “unintended mistake” in releasing some phone numbers that were intended to be private when it released a list requested in late April as a response to a Public Information Request. The list became an issue when Team Katy PAC had used it to make…
Category: Breaches
UK: Action taken after MPs personal details compromised
From the ICO’s press release: The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) has agreed to take action after MPs personal details were accidentally placed at risk on the MPs expenses database, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said today. The expenses claims were accessible for a period of 21 hours, following IT maintenance work in July 2010…
FCC investigates Google for Street View privacy breach, UK ICO criticized for sending non-techies to investigate
Cecilia Kang reports: The Federal Communications Commission said Wednesday it is investigating a data breach by Google, whose Street View mapping cars scooped up e-mail addresses and passwords from unencrypted residential Wi-Fi networks. “Last month, Google disclosed that its Street View cars collected passwords, e-mails and other personal information wirelessly from unsuspecting people across the…
10 Riskiest Places to Give Your Social Security Number
Kashmir Hill kindly pointed me to this piece by Cameron Huddleston: McAfee, the antivirus software company, recently released a list of the most dangerous places to give your Social Security number. Many of the places on the list might surprise you: 1. Universities and colleges 2. Banking and financial institutions 3. Hospitals 4. State governments…