Damon Pang reports: The Privacy Commission says that Hang Seng Bank and CITIC Bank have breached data protection laws. An investigation revealed CITIC transferred personal information on 150,000 clients to three insurance companies for direct marketing purposes, without their consent. Hang Seng was also found to have planned to keep data on bankruptcies for 99…
Category: Breaches
Lawsuit claims Kaiser disclosed confidential birth records to adopted child
Courthouse News reports: A couple says Kaiser disclosed confidential birth records to an adopted child who was searching for his birth parents. The plaintiffs, using pseudonyms, said James Ingraffia showed up on their doorstep, claiming to be their son. The birth parents say this clued them in that Kaiser had given their birth son confidential,…
AU Privacy complaint: Wentworthville Leagues Club gambling records (updated)
From Langes: In ‘D’ and Wentworthville Leagues Club [2011] AICmr 9 the Australian Privacy Commissioner determined that the Club interfered with the complainant’s privacy by disclosing the complainant’s membership details and gaming information to the complainant’s ex-partner. The Club was ordered to apologise in writing to the complainant, review its training of staff in the handling of personal…
When Computer Misuse Becomes a Crime
Ginny LaRoe has a helpful article on the upcoming rehearing en banc of United States v. Nosal , a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals case that asks whether violating an employer’s computer use policy is a violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, a law that started life as an anti-hacking statute. A few…