KCCI reports: The University of Iowa has fired one student health clinic worker and disciplined another for breaching the privacy of an athlete and his girlfriend by immediately discussing the results of their pregnancy test. The violations come after Iowa fired three and suspended two for accessing the records of football players who were hospitalized…
Category: Breaches
HoJo and Wyndham agree to pay $1.5 million for improper phone recording allegations
Joanna F. Cornwell writes: Hotel chains Howard Johnson International, Inc. and Wyndham Hotel Group LLC recently settled a class action for $1.5 million over allegations that the companies recorded phone calls in violation of California’s Invasion of Privacy Act. The California Privacy Act, Cal. Penal Code § 632(a), prohibits recording parties’ confidential communication through a…
Canada: Employer Is Not Vicariously Liable For A Rogue Employee’s Privacy Breach
Roberto Ghignone writes: Ontario Public Service Employees Union v. Ontario (Grievor Grievance), LAX/2015-147; [2015] O.G.S.B.A. No. 48. Two employees were working together in a government department. One employee, (“Employee X”), looked at employment insurance file of a co-worker who was on sick leave, (“Ms. M”), during working hours but without a work related reason. In…
In the NFL, helmet sensors are a sensitive issue
Brett Martel of AP reports: When big-money NFL careers are at stake, the use of impact-measuring sensors in football helmets isn’t as routine as one might expect. The NFL Players Association’s Mackey-White Committee, which spearheads player safety initiatives, spent considerable time discussing not only the potential health benefits of helmet sensors, but also the legal…