Michael J. Paris of Bennett Jones LLP writes: Businesses that collect personal information have an added incentive to monitor employees handling customer data – Ontario’s first class action arising from the new tort of “intrusion upon seclusion” was certified last week.1 In Evans v Bank of Nova Scotia, the plaintiffs sought to certify a class action…
Category: Breaches
Hulu Users Can’t Bring Privacy Class-Action
Wendy Davis reports: In a significant win for Hulu, a federal judge ruled today that a group of consumers who are suing the company for alleged privacy violations can’t proceed as a class. The consumers say the online video company violated the Video Privacy Protection Act by allegedly disclosing the names of the programs they…
Convert to Christianity sues church, claiming it broke confidentiality promise and thus exposed him to attack for apostasy in Syria
Eugene Volokh has more on a case I noted a few days ago where a Christian convert from Islam sued his church for posting notice of his baptism, claiming it put his life in danger when he returned to Syria: The plaintiff in Doe v. First Presbyterian Church U.S.A. (Okla. Dist. Ct. filed June 9, 2014), who was born…
NY lawmakers OK bill to curb child identity theft
AP reports that lawmakers in New York state have passed a law designed to help parents prevent their children from becoming the victims of identity theft. The bill, which requires credit agencies to put a credit record freeze on the account of a minor at parent’s or guardian’s request, heads to the governor’s desk. Read more on…