Kelly Kennedy of USA Today reports: The House passed a bill late Thursday that asks the government to change Medicare cards so they do not include seniors’ Social Security numbers. The move follows an investigation in October that found more than a quarter-million Medicare beneficiaries are potential victims of identity theft, but that they can’t…
Category: Breaches
Apple Moves for Summary Judgement in Lawsuit Alleging UDID collection and sharing
Philip A. Janquart reports that Apple has filed two motions for summary judgement in the potential class action lawsuit alleging collection and sharing of Unique Device ID’s: Apple says it deserves summary judgment in a federal class action that says iPhones and iPads collect and distribute users’ personal information. The multidistrict litigation at issue involves…
Facebook sued over App Center data sharing in Germany
Loek Essers reports: German consumer organisations are suing Facebook because the social network keeps sharing personal data with third-party app makers without getting explicit consent from users. Third party apps often want access to a users’ chat as well as information about friends, personal contact information and the ability to post on a user’s Facebook…
AU: Nine breached home-birth privacy
Michael Owen reports: Channel Nine in Adelaide has been found guilty of breaching the privacy provisions of the Commercial Television Industry Code of Practice by identifying a family involved in a home birth. The Australian Communications and Media Authority yesterday said this was the first television broadcast to breach the privacy provisions of the code…