On Friday, Ian Simpson the Chief Executive of the Earthquake Commission (EQC) held a media conference and announced that a staff member had accidentally sent an email with an attachment containing a spreadsheet with the details of 9,700 Christchurch residents and their claims, to a recipient outside of the organisation.
Category: Governance
Privacy Breaches – Carrot or Stick?
Interesting article in the NY Times here
It discusses the loss of an unencrypted laptop by a NASA employee that contained the confidential details of 10,000 employees including names, birth dates, social security numbers and, in some cases, personal information from background checks.