Donna Rachel Edmunds reports: Thousands of patients have had their personal information sold to marketing companies after using an NHS-approved online pharmacy. Many of those who had their information flogged were using the Pharmacy2U service because they were too old or sick to travel to a chemist. The transaction was just one example of many…
Category: Breaches
MO: Fulton Middle School Changes Principal After Student Privacy Violation
Jake Schnierow reports: Fulton Public Schools has changed the principal of Fulton Middle School after the district self-reported federal privacy law violations on Monday. The school district confirmed Christopher Crane is no longer at the school. The district informed the US Department of Education of the violations that occurred on March 20 when gym teachers…
The Netherlands: new rules for cookies, data breaches and fines
Joke Bodewits of Hogan Lovells writes: Recently, new rules on cookies (all links in Dutch) came into force in the Netherlands. In addition, the Dutch Second Chamber approved a draft bill to introduce a mandatory data breach notification requirement and to strengthen the Dutch Data Protection Authority’s investigative and fining powers. The new rules apply to all companies acting…
Twitter’s new Periscope app takes a user privacy hit
Lisa Vaas reports: Periscope, the live-streaming app that Twitter launched just last Thursday, has already had its first privacy pratfall. The glitch happens if a user forgets to turn off the Twitter button before broadcasting a private video stream, thereby meaning that the title gets shared with all the user’s followers. Read more on Naked…