Greg Stohr reports: The U.S. Supreme Court left intact Facebook Inc. (FB)’s $9.5 million settlement of privacy claims, declining to hear objections that none of the money was being paid to people whose rights were violated. The justices today let stand a federal appeals court decision that upheld the accord, which resolved claims over Facebook’s discarded Beacon advertising program….
Category: Breaches
Ca: Bell TV ‘reprehensible’ for violating man’s privacy
The Federal Court of Canada has ordered Canadian cable giant Bell TV to pay a Beechville, N.S., man $21,000 in damages after the company accessed his credit report without permission. In a ruling this week, the court used harsh language to describe Bell’s conduct, saying the matter was “reprehensible” and chided the company for not…
Very tea-dious! Kettles could contain hidden spyware to steal your online information
Sometimes I’m still surprised by what I read. If this was April 1, I’d even think this had to be a joke. Tom Rawle reports: Russian investigators have warned people that Chinese imported kettles and irons may contain hidden spyware that can steal people’s data to send to government servers. Authorities in St Petersburg allegedly…
Pennsylvania Attorney General investigating Monroeville officials
Over on PHIprivacy.net, I’ve been covering a HIPAA privacy complaint concerning Monroeville, Pennsylvania’s EMS operations. At the heart of the complaint, people who had no current reason to receive EMS alerts by text or email were receiving notifications on medical emergency calls. Charges and counter-charges have rocked the community, with the police chief being demoted…