The mSpy data breach is the kind of breach that I cover over on databreaches.net, but the privacy implications of this one are so severe that I thought I should note it here. If you’re using spyware to spy on your children or a partner – regardless of whether you call it spying or “monitoring”…
Category: Breaches
Manitoba court interprets the common law tort of intrusion upon seclusion
Roland Hung writes: The Manitoba Court of Appeal (the “Court”) has held that the tort of intrusion upon seclusion, as set out in Jones v Tsige, may allow family members, who claim to have suffered as a result of a breach of a privacy interest of another member, to advance a claim in their own right….
Researchers track commuters using stolen mobile accelerometer data
Charlie Osborne reports: Security researchers have tracked commuters with over 90 percent accuracy through accelerometer data stolen from Android smartphones. In a paper describing the research, titled “We Can Track You If You Take the Metro: Tracking Metro Riders Using Accelerometers on Smartphones” (.PDF), a security team hailing from Nanjing University, China say they were able…
Canada privacy breach: Bank fails to promptly advise credit bureaus of inaccurate personal information as mandated by its privacy policy
Sepideh Alavi writes: Many organizations publish a privacy policy as a means of prescribed disclosures and obtaining required informed consent to their personal information practices (e.g. how the organization collects, uses, discloses and corrects personal information). Under Canadian law, an organization is required to protect personal information in the organization’s possession or control by using…