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IP Addresses Are Considered Personally Identifiable Information in the EU

2008-01-22 15:39:31 by RSnake in ha.ckers.org web application security lab
 
...identifiable information in the EU . Whoah! Im sure people can think of their own reasons this might be a big deal, but here is just a small smattering of stuff that I came up with Advertising: banner ads are almost always pulled from a third party. That third party gets things like referrers and, what else, IP addresses! Sorry, say goodbye...
 
Tags: information, addresses, identifiable information, people, content, googles business model, party, log analysis software, actual protection
 
 
 
 
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Laptop stolen from NHLBI contained personal health information

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2008-03-24 22:13:49 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...identifiable information" was on the stolen computer, including names, birth dates, hospital medical record numbers and MRI information reports, such as measurements and diagnoses. Social Security numbers, phone numbers, addresses and financial information were not on the laptop the NIH Center for Information Technology determined that the...
 
Tags: information, nhlbi, financial information, medical information, laptop computers, nhlbi laptop computers, confidential information, government laptop computer, government
 
 
 
 
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TRICARE breach affects 4,700 households

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2007-12-20 12:15:59 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...identifiable information belonging to beneficiaries located in Europe. EDS is an IT contractor for TRICARE and "had not appropriately secured a part of the system" they support Reference URL TRICARE TMA Website Announcement Air Force Times Story Report Credit TRICARE Response From the online sources cited above A potential compromise of...
 
Tags: tricare, information, personal information, code review, by-line code review, information security, tricare beneficiaries, beneficiaries, breach
 
 
 
 
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The Naval Surface Warfare Center warns employees

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2008-01-16 09:51:41 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...identifiable information (PII) names, social security numbers and dates of birth of nearly 100 individuals with the last name beginning with B The employees could have been assigned to work within NSWCDD, at one of the following: Naval Facilities Command (NAVFAC), NSWC Dahlgren, NSWC White Oak, Md., NSWC Panama City, Fla., Joint Warfare...
 
Tags: company data destruction, company data, employees personal information, personal information, destruction, information, information security, employees, employment information
 
 
 
 
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External hard drive stolen from Georgetown University

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2008-01-29 15:54:12 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...identifiable information such as name and social security numbers An external computer hard drive was reported stolen from a locked office within the Office of Student Affairs in the Leavey Center on the Main Campus on January 3, 2008. Georgetowns Department of Public Safety responded to scene and the incident remains under investigation by...
 
Tags: sensitive personal information, personal information, georgetown, georgetown university, hard drive, information, georgetown alumni, personal data, data
 
 
 
 
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Personal member information on The Dental Network website

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2008-03-20 12:05:14 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...identifiable information, and especially Social Security numbers available on the website to begin with We have set-up a dedicated website - ids.thedentalnet.org/ - that offers a one-stop site that features answers to questions you may have Commentary This is the first time I can recall (in recent memory) that a contractor (Identity...
 
Tags: information, breach description, breach, breach notification completely, dental network, data breach, personal information, website, security breach
 
 
 
 
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Stolen SunGard laptop affects at least 10 post-secondary schools

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2008-04-21 14:49:39 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...identifiable data Evan] Even though encryption is not the "end all", it would have (in conjunction with other controls) reduced the risk of exposure to a level that is acceptable to many organizations (mine included All affected customers have been notified. Customer names will not be disclosed for privacy and security reasons as the...
 
Tags: information, personal information, store confidential information, university, university system, data custodians apply, data custodians, information security governance, sungard
 
 
 
 
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University of South Carolina Moore School of Business breach

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2008-06-09 13:38:01 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...identifiable data Breach Description The University of South Carolina is warning about 7,000 faculty, staff and students that some of their personal information was on a desktop computer stolen from an office at the business school Reference URL The State Report Credit The State Response From the online source cited above The University...
 
Tags: school, university, information, personal information, business, business school, university officials, computer, moore school
 
 
 
 
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Deloitte & Touche and IKON lose confidential information

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2007-12-20 14:23:09 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...identifiable information belonging to current and former Deloitte & Touche partners, principals and employees. IKON was serving as Deloitte & Touche's document management vendor Reference URL The New Hampshire State Attorney General breach notification SC Magazine Story Report Credit The New Hampshire State Attorney General Response From...
 
Tags: information, touche, ikon, confidential information, information security controls, deloitte, third-parties secure information, touche partners, ikon office solutions
 
 
 
 
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KimsCrafts e-commerce breach affects 4,500

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2007-12-14 16:08:39 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...identifiable information, it should not be possible to establish credit or alter your credit file KimsCrafts is very concerned with the privacy and security of its customers In addition to reviewing and adopting best practices as they relate to cardholder's information and complying with the security standards put forth by the credit card...