Alaina Lancaster reports: Plaintiffs attorneys in a proposed privacy class action against Google are asking a federal judge to order additional sanctions against the tech giant for allegedly failing to hand over documents revealing that the company tracks and collects user data in private browsing mode, an allegation at the center of the lawsuit’s claims,…
Category: Breaches
UK: Former health adviser found guilty of illegally accessing patient records
The Information Commissioner’s Office announced: A former health adviser has been found guilty of accessing medical records of patients without a valid legal reason. Christopher O’Brien, 36, was working at the South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust when he unlawfully accessed the records of 14 patients, who were known personally to him, between June and December 2019….
Beware of Third-Party Trackers Like Meta Pixel. Ignoring Them Could Be Costly.
Odia Kagan of FoxRothschild offers some concise and sage advice: If you are dealing with sensitive information of any kind (yes, this includes precise geolocation, ethnicity, sexual orientation, etc), but especially health information (and yes, reproductive health information too), do yourself a favor: Scan your website for third party trackers like Meta Pixel. Talk to…
It’s good to TalkTalk, Part 2: negligence claims for data breaches
Eoin O’Dell writes: Two recent cases demonstrate two very different privacy issues arising out data breaches suffered by the telecommunications company TalkTalk in 2014 and 2015. Smith v TalkTalk Telecom Group plc [2022] EWHC 1311 (QB) (27 May 2022) concerned claims for damages for both breaches; whilst Sterritt v Telegraph Media Group Ltd [2022] NIQB 43 (09 June 2022) concerned the…