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Oldham Primary Care Trust NHS loses two data sticks

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2008-01-11 17:15:40 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Primary Care Trust NHS (PCT Contractor/Consultant/Branch None Victims PCT "clients Number Affected 148 Types of Data The information lost related to copies of assessments about future healthcare needs held in a secure central file. It included peoples names, addresses and dates of birth I'm not sure if this means that copies of...
 
Tags: information, information lost, personal information, financial information, medical information, information security, data, freephone information line, data sticks
 
 
 
 
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Stockport Primary Care Trust flash drive goes missing

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2008-01-21 09:44:46 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Primary Care Trust NHS Contractor/Consultant/Branch None Victims Patients Number Affected 4,000 Types of Data NHS number, Specific Stockport PCT identification number, First and second name, Date of Birth, Sex, Condition (if condition was chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, heart failure, coronary heart disease, diabetes or...
 
Tags: senstive personal information, personal information, information, medical information, information security matters, information security, information security management, information line, management
 
 
 
 
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N.J. County Clerks Call for Probe of Primary E-Voting

2008-03-24 05:30:42 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
In the wake of discrepancies in e-voting results on Sequoia machines during New Jersey's Feb. 5 primary election, an association of county clerks is asking the state's attorney general to launch an investigation
 
Tags: county clerks, primary election, sequoia machines, feb, discrepancies, attorney, launch, jersey, association
 
 
 
 
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Sandown Health Centre backup tape is missing

2008-05-27 13:14:16 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
 
...Primary Care Trust Sandown Health Centre City Link (the courier Victims Patients Number Affected 38,650 Types of Data Medical records Breach Description The Isle of Wight NHS Primary Care Trust and the Sandown Health Centre are taking action to reassure patients after a computer tape containing their personal details went missing ...
 
Tags: tape, health centre, sandown health centre, data verification, data verification company, back-up tape, computer tape, information, personal information
 
 
 
 
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Castlecroft Medical Practice patient information at risk

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2008-06-19 11:54:50 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Primary Care Trust Castlecroft Medical Practice Victims Patients Number Affected 11,000 Types of Data names, dates of birth, addresses, contact details and confidential medical records Breach Description A laptop containing confidential medical records of all 11,000 Wolverhampton patients at a city surgery has been stolen from a GPs...
 
Tags: information, confidential information, confidential information disclosure, confidential information maintain, practice, castlecroft medical practice, computer, laptop computer, adolescent information
 
 
 
 
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Stolen NHS flash drive contained adolescent information

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2008-03-06 11:23:26 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Primary Care Trust (PCT Madeley Health Centre Victims Adolescent patients Number Affected 238 Types of Data Names, dates of birth, addresses, and clinical treatment details Breach Description A laptop was stolen from a speech therapist at the Madeley Health Centre in Shropshire (UK). According to officials the laptop has been secured, but...
 
Tags: information, personal information, medical information, information security, confidential information, information security strategy, nhs, information disclosure, information security program
 
 
 
 
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NY STAR: An accident waiting to happen

2006-03-02 22:37:31 by Liudvikas Bukys in Liudvikas Bukys
 
...primary residence, and file with their local tax assessors. (In the first year or so of this program, total chaos ensued in assessors offices all over the state.) Extra tax exemptions for senior citizens are means-tested, and require homeowners to submit their SSN or a copy of their income tax returns to the local assessor In New York City,...
 
Tags: information, store information, income information, personal information, personal financial information, public, public record agency, public information, assessors
 
 
 
 
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The US Air Force declares war on blogs!

2008-02-27 20:44:15 by ashimmy in StillSecure, After All These Years
 
...primary, official-use sources," said Maj. Henry Schott, A5 for Air Force Network Operations. "Basically ... if it's a place like The New York Times , an established, reputable media outlet, then it's fairly cut and dry that that's a good source, an authorized source ," Who decides what primary, official-use sources? It gets worse, "Often, we...
 
Tags: air force, air force folks, troops, line, freedom, blogs, official-use sources, front line heroes, return freedom
 
 
 
 
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The US Air Force declares war on blogs!

2008-02-27 19:44:35 by HASH0x8b35450 in StillSecure, After All These Years
 
...primary, official-use sources," said Maj. Henry Schott, A5 for Air Force Network Operations. "Basically ... if it's a place like The New York Times , an established, reputable media outlet, then it's fairly cut and dry that that's a good source, an authorized source ," Who decides what primary, official-use sources? It gets worse, "Often, we...
 
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The Continuing Slide Towards Thoughtcrime

2008-03-18 14:12:43 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...primary-school children in a DNA database "exhibit behaviour indicating they may become criminals in later life." Pugh's call for the government to consider options such as placing primary school children who have not been arrested on the database is supported by elements of criminological theory. A well-established pattern of offending...