Jason Kande reports: A former Sears maintenance worker spied on women and children for years by secretly filming in women’s restrooms and fitting rooms at a North Hollywood branch and managers turned a “blind eye” to his “outwardly suspicious and highly questionable behavior,” a lawsuit by 25 women and a child alleges. Alejandro Gamiz, 28,…
Category: Breaches
Medicare ID bill passes House; would bar use of SSNs on Medicare cards
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…
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…