This is becoming another case that just won’t quit. Nick McCann reports; Consumers who claim Hulu shared their private information with Facebook appealed their proposed class action to the 9th Circuit after a federal judge tossed the privacy lawsuit. Read more on Courthouse News. Previous coverage on this site is linked from here.
Category: Breaches
Under-fire airline Lufthansa faces privacy action in France
Almost one and a half years after employees filed a privacy breach complaint, there’s finally to be an investigation? Henry Samuel reports: Paris police are to organise a hearing of 12 people who figure on a list of around 50 staff members of the German airline Lufthansa in a five-page document found in the office…
$750 Million Bell Mobility Privacy Breach Class Action Launched
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…
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…