Celia Llopis-Jepsen reports: Principals and some other educators in Topeka Unified School District 501 could until last week illegally access data that identifies which of the district’s students come from low-income families. Four of the district’s schools also displayed the same information — which is protected under federal law as confidential — on color-coded, wall-hanging…
Category: Breaches
IE: Data Protection Commissioner investigates claims credit unions used stolen data
The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner has said it investigating claims some credit unions may have hired private investigators to obtain confidential details on customers. A report in today’s Irish Independent said a number of credit unions have used private investigators to access information on people who owe them money. The Data Protection Commissioner…
Aaron’s Seeks to Limit Access to Litigation Details on Customers
R. Robin McDonald reports: Former customers who are suing Aaron’s Inc. and its franchises claim that when the rental company installed remotely activated secret spyware on its rental computers, company employees had few, if any, concerns about the privacy of the customers whose screen shots, webcam photos and computer keystroke logs they intercepted and recorded….
Foreign Couple Jailed In China For Breaching Privacy Laws
RTT News reports: China has jailed a British corporate investigator along with his American (sic) for breaching the country’s privacy laws. They have been charged of illegally securing private information of Chinese citizens. They were sentenced in a Shanghai court on Friday. It is the first indictment Chinese prosecutors have announced on foreigners for illegal…