Joshua Mooney of White and Williams discusses court rulings involving insurance coverage for data breaches: …. General liability policies are the most popular candidate. The policies define “personal and advertising injury” in part as injury arising out of “oral or written publication, in any manner, of material that violates a person’s right of privacy,” as…
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NZ: Cameron Slater lays complaint with privacy commissioner against PM
Newstalk ZB reports: Cameron Slater is laying a complaint with the Privacy Commissioner over John Key releasing an email which led to the resignation of Judith Collins. An anonymous email was handed to the Prime Minister’s chief of staff last night alleging Ms Collins had undermined the former head of the Serious Fraud Office Adam…
NZ: Have your say on their new ‘Naming Policy’
From the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of New Zealand: We think it is time to ‘name names’ where it is warranted. Our view is that in certain circumstances, the Privacy Act is better served by revealing the organisations that have breached the law. Up to now, we’ve rarely publicly named organisations. It was done…
Children banned from mother’s nursing home over social media posts, suit claims
Kelly Holleran reports: The children of a woman living in a Sugar Land nursing home claim they have been banned from the facility because of postings on social media. Mackey Glen Peterson, Don Leslie Peterson and Lonny Peterson filed a lawsuit July 29 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas Houston Division against…