Michael Power writes: Tort law in Canada may take a new privacy-related turn if a recent press report is to be believed. Data protection statues in Canada generally apply to organizations engaged in business activities. These statutes do not address the actions of individuals who misuse the personal information of others and, given the growth and popularity…
Category: Breaches
Peer-to-Peer File-Sharing Software Developer Settles FTC Charges
Frostwire LLC, a peer-to-peer file-sharing application developer, has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that its software likely would cause consumers to unwittingly expose sensitive personal files stored on their mobile devices, and that it misled consumers about which downloaded files from their desktop and laptop computers would be shared with a file-sharing network….
MN: DVS Database Searches of Woman’s History May Be Data Breach
Paul Blume reports: A recent audit at the state’s driver and vehicle services division has 18 law enforcement agencies — including the FBI in Minneapolis — looking into why one woman’s private data was accessed 400 times within four years and whether or not it was justified. There are currently investigations at multiple state agencies,…
Facebook sued over claims it tracks users’ activity
Do people just sit around and wait for revelations of privacy problems to initiate potential class action lawsuits? It sure seems that way recently. Facebook is being sued by a group of users over claims it tracks their online activity after they log off. The claims were exposed by an Australian technology blogger, Nik Cubrilovic,…