… The furor created by various high-profile data security scandals [in the UK] forced politicians to concede that the regulatory environment was inadequate. The government commissioned various investigations and reports and brought into force certain changes designed to improve internal procedures, including mandatory rules on data security provisions in central government contracts. In the midst…
Category: Breaches
Bar groups protest “red flag” rules
The New York State Bar Association Monday became the latest bar group to protest new Federal Trade Commission rules requiring lawyers to become involved in preventing identity theft, calling the move unauthorized, unnecessary and destructive to the attorney-client relationship. The State Bar’s objections follow those submitted last week by the American Bar Association and the…
McDonald’s can sue employee over naked pix
There was another development in court concerning the lawsuit (pdf) filed by Arkansas couple Tina and Phillip Sherman against McDonald’s, Matthews Mangement, and the franchise’s manager, Aaron Brummley after nude pictures on a cellphone accidentally left in the Fayetteville McDonald’s were uploaded to the web. Although the court wouldn’t dismiss the complaint (see Matthews Management’s…
‘Year of the privacy breach in Saskatchewan’
An “explosion” of potential violations added up to a bad year for privacy rights in Saskatchewan, the province’s information and privacy commissioner said Tuesday. In his annual report, Gary Dickson called 2008-2009 “the year of the privacy breach in Saskatchewan.” The commissioner’s office opened 62 privacy investigations in 2008-2009. In comparison, the office conducted only…