Daniel Solove and Paul M. Schwartz write: We spend a lot of time staying up to date so we can update our casebooks and reference books, so we thought we would share with you some of the interesting news and resources we’re finding. We plan to post a series of posts like this one throughout the year. What…
Category: Breaches
UK: Former Newcastle Journal editor to appeal fine for breaching anonymity order
Prolific North has an update to a breach previously noted on this blog: The former editor of the Newcastle Journal has launched an appeal after being fined for breaching an anonymity order in a child sex case. Brian Aitken was last week fined £1,600 after the Trinity Mirror-owned title published a story naming the school…
Hong Kong’s Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data issues two investigative reports
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data has issued two investigative reports: Investigation Report: Excessive Online collection of private tutors’ personal data by tutorial service agency websites From the executive summary: In respect of the collection of private tutors’ Hong Kong Identity Card numbers by six tutorial service agency websites, namely, Hong Kong Tutor Association,…
IE: Woman settles damages claim against pharmacy
Yet another reminder that privacy breaches can endanger people’s safety or lives. Independent.ie reports: A County Wicklow mother who claimed a pharmacy allowed her husband to watch CCTV footage of herself buying a self pregnancy test kit has settled a €38,000 damages claim for an undisclosed amount. The woman, who cannot be named, said her…