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HELLO! FROM THE OFFICE OF PRIVACY
Welcome to the Office of Privacy Newsletter. In this edition, we look at data breaches and data loss and how they might impact data privacy.

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OVER 60 MILLION WEARABLE, FITNESS TRACKING RECORDS EXPOSED VIA UNSECURED DATABASE
Over 61 million records were contained in a database that was not password protected. The data repository, including vast swathes of user information, some of which could be considered sensitive, such as their names, dates of birth, weight, height, gender, and GPS logs, among other datasets. 
HOW WALGREENS' SLOPPY COVID-19 TEST REGISTRATION SYSTEM EXPOSED PATIENT DATA
A consultant with Interstitial Technology PBC who first discovered the potential data leak, said that he didn’t think Walgreens’ fix was good enough. He would prefer a more secure verification method, like a password, and noted that the application programming interface (API), which allows Walgreens and its advertisers to communicate with each other and exchange data, remains active.
AFGHANISTAN: MoD SHARED MORE THAN 250 AFGHAN INTERPRETERS' DETAILS ON EMAIL
Defense Secretary Ben Wallace has launched an investigation into a data breach involving the email addresses of dozens of Afghan interpreters who worked for British forces. More than 250 people seeking relocation to the UK - many of whom are in hiding - were mistakenly copied into an email from the Ministry of Defense.
US POLICY CHANGE STATE HEALTHCARE APP MUST FOLLOW DATA BREACH NOTIFICATION RULES
Updated policies from US federal regulators will mean that health-related apps and connected device vendors will need to comply with health data breach notification rules. Healthcare apps –are collecting more and more sensitive and personal data from consumers.
LIST OF DATA BREACHES AND CYBER ATTACKS IN AUGUST 2021
61 MILLION RECORDS BREACHED
August list containing 84 incidents accounting for 60,865,828 breached records. The T-Mobile network disclosed a hack earlier this month, which it originally said affected 7.8 million customers and 40 million records. However, a week later it bumped up that figure to 53 million.
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