The Insurance Council of B.C. has banned a general insurance agent’s access to the database of B.C.’s public insurer, the Insurance Corporation of B.C. (ICBC), after the council reviewed allegations that the agent had accessed a third-party’s confidential information without the third party’s consent. Council’s review of the matter found the agent was subject to…
Category: Breaches
UK: Trial of police inspector accused of misusing database set for March
A senior police officer in Edinburgh will stand trial on charges she illegally accessed police computers to obtain private information. Insp Allison Strachan, 49, will appear on four charges alleging she breached the Data Protection Act at Edinburgh Sheriff Court in March 2012. […] Ms Strachan, from Edinburgh, now faces charges which allege that she…
Review of Workers’ Compensation Board of Nova Scotia: Clients’ data needs protection
Clare Mellor reports: Just like its ideal that “one Nova Scotian injured on the job is too many,” the Workers’ Compensation Board of Nova Scotia must change its culture and adopt a policy that one breach of privacy is too many, says a review of the board’s privacy practices released Friday. Internal memos show that…
The Worst Way To Lose A Job
Kashmir Hill writes: Back in 2009, a woman, who we will call Jane Doe, was dating a Maryland college student named Christopher Scott, who we will call a gigantic jerk. Scott “manipulated [Doe] into making a video while they were having sex,” according to a police document via Smoking Gun. He shot it using the camera…