Monika Kuschewsky writes: Pursuant to a press release of the German Federal Ministry for Justice and Consumer Protection, the German Government approved a draft law to strengthen the private enforcement of certain data protection law provisions that aim to protect consumers. In particular, the draft law empowers consumers and other qualified associations to send cease-and-desist letters and to initiate…
Category: Breaches
NL: Violating privacy could lead to €800k in fines
Janene Van Jaarsveldt reports: The Tweede Kamer (lower house of parliament) wants the Data Protection Authority (CBP) to be able to immediately impose fines of up to 800 thousand euros for gross violations of privacy, NOS reports. “We are concerned about gross violations of privacy”, said VVD Parliamentarian Van Wijngaarden. “Such as the situation if…
Ca: Kelowna RCMP ‘routinely’ breach privacy during strip searches: Judge
Marshall Jones reports: Kelowna RCMP “routinely” violate the right to privacy of female prisoners during strip searches at the detachment and show “ignorance of the law” on the subject, according to a ruling from a provincial court judge. Judge Ellen Burdett said local Mounties’ practice of recording and broadcasting female strip searches to a guard…
Health insurer Anthem discloses massive breach
I’ll be following this case on PHIprivacy.net and DataBreaches.net because customer and employee data are both involved, but felt obligated to note here that insurance giant Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield has disclosed what appears to be a massive hack of a database containing records on up to 80 million people. The extent of the scope…