British Columbia’s Privacy Commissioner, Elizabeth Denham, has released a report on privacy breach management in government ministries. The report, An Examination of BC Government’s Privacy Breach Management, examines the degree to which government is fulfilling its duty to respond to, and properly manage, its privacy breaches. From the executive summary of the report: The examination revealed that…
Category: Breaches
Mexico says may sanction Google over data protection breach
Et tu, Mexico? Reuters reports: Mexico’s federal transparency body said it had initiated proceedings to impose sanctions on the Mexican unit of Google Inc for possible breach of the country’s data protection law. The Federal Institute for Information Access and Data Protection (IFAI) said it had taken the step following a request from an unidentified…
Abu Dhabi government officials charged with CCTV privacy breach released
Haneen Dajani reports: The Appeals Court has ordered the immediate release of three government officials accused of breaching privacy by placing CCTV cameras in a women’s customer service centre in Al Ain. On Wednesday morning the Appeals Court, which was considering whether or not to refer the case to Al Ain Misdemeanor Court, decided that the defendants…
Judge permanently shuts down cellphone spyware app
AP reports: A federal judge has permanently shut down a cellphone spyware app called “StealthGenie” that exposed targets to having their calls and emails monitored without their knowledge. Judge Leonie (LAY-uh-nee) Brinkema in Alexandria issued a permanent injunction shutting down StealthGenie on Tuesday. That follows a temporary injunction issued last year. Read more on WTOP.