I was expecting a press release, and here it is: A $750 million national class action has been commenced against Bell Mobility Inc. and Bell Canada Inc. on behalf of Bell Mobility and Virgin Mobile customers for a privacy breach resulting from Bell’s Relevant Ads Program. It is alleged that the defendants used the program to track, collect…
Category: Breaches
Right to Information trumps privacy norms of Medical Council of India – Commission ruling
Whoa. PTI reports: The provisions of Medical Council of India to protect confidentiality in patients’ records cannot override statutes of Right to Information Act, Central Information Commission has held. Information Commissioner Sridhar Acharyulu held that after RTI Act has come into being, any rules which are not in conformity with the disclosure norms will be overridden…
Privacy policies and Security– can we get it right???
In a parent perspective on privacy, Olga Garcia-Kaplan writes: We talk about building trust so that we can work on protecting student data privacy, but it is difficult to protect student privacy only with policy. We need to also advocate for proper encryption of databases and privacy training. Only when we educate users (schools, districts,…
PA: The $30,000 email: Jane Does reach a figure to settle privacy suit
Susy Kelly reports: A Fayette County woman and her daughter have agreed to accept $30,000 to settle a violation of privacy lawsuit against Commissioner Angela M. Zimmerlink, according to documents filed in federal court Tuesday. The Herald-Standard had a lot of coverage of this case, but you need a subscription to read their articles, so…