Elaine Edwards reports: The Data Protection Commissioner is investigating a complaint that an employee of online networking company LinkedIn allegedly accessed personal details of one of its customers to further an issue he had with the firm where she worked. The complaint was made by a senior employee of a telecommunications company, who received a private message…
Category: Breaches
Senators Tester, Baucus: EPA’s release of personal information “unacceptable”
Montana Senators Jon Tester and Max Baucus are demanding that the EPA take immediate action to better protect the personal information of Montana ranchers after the agency accidentally released livestock producers’ names, addresses, and telephone numbers – not once, but twice. In response to a public information request, the EPA mistakenly distributed the personal information…
JPMorgan asks Bloomberg for privacy breach data
Ryan Nakashima reports: Lawyers for JPMorgan Chase & Co. are asking financial news and data company Bloomberg LP to turn over any records it has of reporters looking up the log-in and usage data of JPMorgan employees. A formal letter was sent this week, a person familiar with the matter said. The person wasn’t authorized…
Bloomberg Law Not Impacted By Bloomberg Terminal Privacy Breach
After the story broke about Bloomberg reporters being able to access traders’ use of its terminals, law professor James Grimmelman tweeted: Bloomberg Law’s privacy policy doesn’t prohibit sharing users’ searches with Bloomberg journalists. That’s a client confidences problem. — James Grimmelmann (@grimmelm) May 11, 2013 It’s not clear to me that attorneys can use Bloomberg…