Privacy law scholar Dan Solove writes: The recent incident of paparazzi snapping photos of Kate Middleton sunbathing in the nude has sparked renewed attention to privacy law. According to the Washington Post: “The royals contend that the photos of Middleton — apparently taken by a single paparazzo — violate her privacy and that the photographer trespassed…
Category: Breaches
SCOTUS considers whether federal government can be sued for FCRA violations
Jesse J. Holland of Associated Press reports: The Supreme Court on Tuesday pondered whether it should allow the federal government to face millions of dollars in class-action lawsuits for violating identity theft protection laws that ban the printing of credit card numbers and expiration dates on receipts. Government lawyers argue that the United States is…
Ca: Privacy Commissioner should name leaky websites
Michael Geist writes that the Privacy Commissioner of Canada should be more transparent and name the web sites that were leaking consumer information. Commissioner Stoddart had declined to do so: The Privacy Commissioner has not exercised her discretion to publicly name the specific tested organizations at this time. The research was designed to offer a…
Popular websites in Canada disclosing personal information
From the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada: Some leading websites in Canada are inappropriately “leaking” registered users’ personal information – including names, email addresses and postal codes – to third-party sites such as advertising companies, research by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada has found. “The research findings raise concerns for…