Marty Sharpe reports: A real estate agent caught going through a client’s underwear drawer has complained to the Human Rights Review Tribunal that his privacy has been breached. The man was found guilty of a “gross breach of privacy” by going into a client’s bedroom drawer and handling her underwear shortly after an open home…
Category: Breaches
With data breaches part of daily life, banks seek freedom to robotext
Brian Browdie reports: The daily threat of cyberattacks has prompted US banks to ask for freedom from restrictions on reaching out to consumers in the event of data breaches. Banks that call or text customers run the risk of being sued under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, a federal law from 23 years ago that aims to restrain telemarketing,…
Japan’s gov’t mulls beefing up regulations on exchange of personal data among database firms
Mainichi reports: The government is considering tightening regulations on the exchange of personal data among database firms, after a systems engineer allegedly stole a massive amount of customer information from correspondence education provider Benesse Holdings Inc. and sold it to three database companies. According to investigative sources, over 200 million customer data entries were leaked…
Aaron’s agrees to refund over $25M to consumers for violating California laws, including privacy laws
Wow. I suspected Aaron’s problems over spyware in rent-to-own computers weren’t over, but they just agreed to pay $28.4 million to settle California’s charges against them that included privacy violations: Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today announced a $28.4 million settlement with Aaron’s, Inc., the second largest rent-to-own business in the nation, to resolve allegations…