Christopher Brown reports: NASCAR improperly disclosed to Meta Platforms Inc. the video-viewing histories of visitors to its website in violation of the Video Privacy Protection Act, a proposed federal class action said. The protection act allows individuals to recoup as much as $2,500 per class member from entities that disclose their video—or similar media—viewing history without express…
Category: Breaches
Three managers picked up; 2 others invited for breaching Ghana data protection law
GNA reports: Three managers were arrested on Monday by the Data Protection Commission (DPC) and the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service for breaching the Data Protection Act, 2012 (Act 843). The three institutions are Hisense, an electronic goods dealership, Marwako Fast Foods and Agyabeng Akrasi and Co Limited, a law firm….
Pepsi Faces Biometric Privacy Suit Over Employee Voiceprints
Jorja Siemons reports: PepsiCo Inc. has been hit with a proposed class action alleging its collection and storage of workers’ voice data broke Illinois’ biometric privacy law. William Hoskin, a former employee at Pepsi’s Chicago distribution center, was never informed by the soda maker that the voice recognition software he was required to use at work…
NY dad of boy with autism sues school district for ‘stigmatizing’ privacy breach
Sofia Barnett reports: A Long Island teacher revealed a teen’s autism diagnosis in an online article in which she used his full name and made “disparaging and condescending remarks,” according to a lawsuit. Jennifer Ingold’s piece, “Sealing Civic Readiness in Our Middle Schools” was published May 18, 2022, on the education news site MiddleWeb.com and…