Judy Skatssoon reports: Queensland is set to join NSW as the only other Australian state to introduce a mandatory data breach notification scheme. The state government says the Information Privacy and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2023, introduced on October 12, contains reforms aimed at improving the accountability of government agencies and boosting privacy protections in…
Category: Breaches
Your Online Account May Have Been Breached? Don’t Just Sit There. Do Something.
Sabrina I. Pacifici writes: WSJ via MSN: “How do consumers respond when their online accounts are exposed to hackers? Many of them simply don’t. Data breaches at major firms have become all too common, with more than 110 million user accounts exposed in just the second quarter of 2023. Yet our research found that nearly…
Grindr Loses Bid to Topple Norwegian Data Watchdog’s Record Fine
Stephanie Bodoni reports: LGBTQ dating company Grindr Inc. lost a bid to overturn a record 65 million krone ($6.2 million) fine in Norway for unlawfully disclosing user data to advertisers without their consent. The Norwegian Data Protection Authority on Friday said its original fine was upheld on appeal. The case stems from a 2020 complaint by the…
Meta, Google, H&R Block accused of coordinated plan to scrape taxpayer data
Natalie Hanson reports: Taxpayers slapped Meta, Google and H&R Block with a sprawling RICO class action Wednesday, claiming that a “shocking breach” coordinated by the companies resulted in scraping taxpayers’ private information for profit. In a 49-page complaint, the plaintiffs say the international firm H&R Block used customers’ private income and financial records to help train…