Breach

Lawmakers in California and North Dakota signed legislation that better reveals how consumers' personal information is used and what constitutes compromised data.

Nearly 300 students at a Los Angeles high school found a way to "hack" iPads issued by their school district, allowing them to bypass the security lock on the devices.

Patients of California-based Santa Clara Valley Medical Center had their medical data compromised when an unencrypted laptop was stolen from the audiology department.

A computer server at Virginia Tech containing personal data was breached as a result of human error.

An employee of Florida-based Holy Cross Hospital has been fired and faces criminal charges after accessing personal information on thousands of patients.

An employee of automobile insurer State Farm put hundreds of customers at risk after using some of their credit cards to make purchases.

An Atlius University employee was fired after an email containing personal data on nearly 200 enrollees was inadvertently sent to a student.

While accessing lease information, a customer of international self-storage company Public Storage was able to view the leases of hundreds of other customers, subsequently compromising their personal data.