Below are links to news developments or commentaries published during the two days that PogoWasRight.org was unavailable. They are semi-organized by topic, with some overlap between sections. Great thanks to Joe Cadillic, who helped me keep track of what I needed to save while the site was suffering from Table Dysfunction Disorder: Businesses: Suspect in rape/abduction…
Category: Breaches
Well, here’s a novel approach to privacy complaint resolution
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of New Zealand is taking a new approach to responding to the many privacy complaints they get each year: We need to recognise that even where there has been an interference with privacy, there may be a relationship that needs to continue. Even if there is no relationship to…
AU: Telstra ordered to pay AU$18K over privacy breach
Leon Spencer reports: The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has ordered Telstra to pay AU$18,000 and apologise to a judge after it failed to tell him it had published his details in the White Pages directory. According to the OAIC, the unnamed judge — identified only as “DK” — contacted Telstra to have a phone…
FTC sues debt broker for exposing consumers’ debt portfolios online
Dan McCue reports: Debt broker Bayview Solutions LLC posted the debt portfolios of 28,000 consumers online, including their bank account numbers and other identifying information, the Federal Trade Commission claims in a federal lawsuit. Bayview Solutions was established in 2008 and does business as Bayview Risk Management Capital and Bayview Commercial Recovery. It’s primary business is buying and selling portfolios of…