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…
Category: Breaches
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…
Alberta Privacy Commissioner Issues Report on Privacy Breaches
Anne Côté writes: Alberta’s new Privacy Commissioner, Jill Clayton, has released a report on the first two years of mandatory privacy breach reporting in Alberta (the “Breach Report”). Under Alberta’s private sector privacy law, the Personal Information Protection Act (“PIPA”), a privacy breach that presents “a real risk of significant harm” must be reported to the Privacy…