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PERSONAL INFORMATION OF customers of property website MyHome.ie was “inadvertently” leaked online, the company has confirmed.
A large number of customer files which were uploaded onto the MyHome.ie “customer relationship management (CRM) system” from 2014 were also, “unbeknownst” to the company, “automatically stored in a temporary folder on the MyHome.ie server”.
This folder was “inadvertently unsecured”, a spokesperson has confirmed. They added that the company has taken steps to rectify the issue by “removing and securing the relevant folder”.
The company has also notified the Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) and people who have used the CRM system since 2014.
The Journal has learned that the breach was discovered by tech company Vadix. During a recent review of publicly available cloud storage, Vadix discovered a large amount of files they believed belonged to MyHome.ie customers.
A spokesperson for Vadix said that over 700,000 documents dating from 2014 to 2017 were stored in the folder, including some passports, drivers’ licenses and compliance-related forms.
Vadix contacted MyHome.ie on 15 and 19 April about the Azure storage issue but did not receive a response, the spokesperson said.
When contacted by The Journal yesterday, MyHome.ie said it had rectified the issue earlier that day and contacted Vadix.
In a statement, a spokesperson for the company said: “There is no evidence to suggest that the data stored on this folder was accessed at any stage before this matter was brought to our attention. However, we do understand that an as yet unspecified number of these files included personal data.”
The spokesperson could not confirm the number of files in the folder, but confirmed that it was created in 2014.
The Journal has contacted the DPC for comment.
Note: Journal Media Ltd has shareholders in common with Daft.ie publisher Distilled Media Group.
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Of course if you happen to work for a complete a**ehole who’s constantly looking over his shoulder for potential challengers to humiliate then just go ahead and have a nervous breakdown or else job seekers allowance.
Hard choice that.
When you have a bad manager who doesn’t listen and support you then that stress exacerbates and folks leave or get sick.
If your lucky to get a bonus for exceeding targets…It should be exempt from Tax. You earned it. Mr. Noonan didn’t.
Communication is the most important of all. Communicate direction, motivation, disappointment, operation and inspiration and always remember that there is no project greater than the team you build around you.
Nice idea, but isn’t going to work for most of us, especially if your employer sees you as nothing but a resource (robot), they don’t care that your child is ill, had to arrange child care, or come in sick(no paid time for been off sick) you then infect your colleagues, who then go home sick and miss days!
Good article Peter.
Just bring a large calibre firearm with you into meetings. Its such an easy way deflect questions on days you’re just not ‘in the zone’ or ready to run something ‘up the flagpole to see who’ll salute’. Since I’ve started on the ‘F**k off or I’ll shoot you in the face’ programme my stress levels are now in a very manageable place. Phew!
They are trying to justify their own existence. Their proposals are hardly going to work in an environment of six people employed by , say , a shoe shop, a small firm , a convenience store etc.
Sack lazy sods, they spend too much time gossiping and that does not help employee moral?
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Have gay marriage, only joking, but it is funny… lol.
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