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Re: UK: Police personal data found on discarded floppy
From: "Michael Hill, CITRMS" <mhill () idtexperts com>
Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2007 22:23:17 -0500
We get that question a lot in our business and here's how we answer it. "Mr. (Business Owner) if I call into your business and ask for your home address and phone number, will you or whomever answers the phone going to give it to me?" I think not. The home address and phone number is just the first step to getting your identity stolen. Michael Hill Certified Identity Theft Risk Management Specialist IDT Consultants 404-216-3751 "If You Think You're Not At Risk, Think Again!" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: lyger () attrition org To: dataloss () attrition org Sent: 12/26/2007 9:56:31 P.M. Eastern Standard Time Subj: Re: [Dataloss] UK: Police personal data found on discarded floppy On Wed, 26 Dec 2007, Dan O'Donnell wrote: ": " <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/7160490.stm> ": " ": " Police data details found at dump ": " A senior police officer has apologised after confidential details of ": " staff were found on a dump in Devon. ": " ": " The details, on a floppy disk, included names, addresses, telephone ": " numbers and ranks of employees of Devon and Cornwall Police. ": " ": " The disk was in an obsolete computer that had been used by the force ": " and had been sent for recycling. While losing the personal information of police officers is certainly a concern due to the nature of their jobs, I've noticed other recent reports of general "data loss" involving not much more than names, addresses, and sometimes phone numbers. Should this generally be considered "personal information" if such data can usually be found in a phone book or Google (for most people anyway)? Just a thought and something we consider when including (or not including) breach data on attrition's data loss web page and database... _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org) http://attrition.org/dataloss Tenable Network Security offers data leakage and compliance monitoring solutions for large and small networks. Scan your network and monitor your traffic to find the data needing protection before it leaks out! http://www.tenablesecurity.com/products/compliance.shtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See AOL's top rated recipes and easy ways to stay in shape for winter.
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Current thread:
- UK: Police personal data found on discarded floppy Dan O'Donnell (Dec 26)
- Re: UK: Police personal data found on discarded floppy lyger (Dec 26)
- Re: UK: Police personal data found on discarded floppy Adam Shostack (Dec 26)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: UK: Police personal data found on discarded floppy Michael Hill, CITRMS (Dec 26)
- Re: UK: Police personal data found on discarded floppy lyger (Dec 26)
- Re: UK: Police personal data found on discarded floppy Chris Walsh (Dec 26)
- Re: UK: Police personal data found on discarded floppy Brian Honan (Dec 27)
- Re: UK: Police personal data found on discarded floppy lyger (Dec 26)
- Re: UK: Police personal data found on discarded floppy lyger (Dec 26)