While looking for information on another breach, PogoWasRight stumbled over this blog post by McShane & Brady law firm in Kansas City: McShane & Brady filed a lawsuit against the University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC) for a breach of private medical information in which a doctor took a photograph of a patient’s genitals on…
Category: Breaches
Department of Education Sued Following Markup Investigation Into FAFSA Data Shared with Facebook
Advocates want answers after The Markup found the department sharing student data with Meta By: Colin Lecher A new federal lawsuit, scheduled to be filed as soon as today, accuses the Department of Education of failing to disclose records of its correspondence with Facebook, after an investigation by The Markup found the department sharing sensitive…
Invasion of the Data Snatchers: B.C. Court of Appeal Clarifies Possible Scope of Privacy Claims Against Data Custodians in Data Breaches
Lyann Danielak, Joshua Hutchinson, and Robin Reinertson of Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP write: On July 4, 2024, the B.C. Court of Appeal issued a duo of class action appeal decisions considering the potential scope of statutory and common law privacy claims against data custodians that fall victim to cyberattacks in data breach cases. In…
Nigerian Regulator Fines Meta $220m For Data Privacy Violations
Adekunle Buruji reports: The Federal Government has fined the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, Meta Platforms Inc., the sum of $220m for an unauthorised appropriation of personal data without user consent, discriminatory practices against Nigerian users, and the abuse of Meta’s dominant market position. A statement by the the Federal Competition and Consumer…