HIPAA Journal reports: Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson is suing a plastic surgery provider for falsely inflating online ratings, bribing, and threatening patients, and alleges the actions of the practice violated the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Rules. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington…
Category: Breaches
CNIL Fines Apple 8 Million Euros Over Personalized Ads
From Hunton Andrews Kurth: On December 29, 2022, the French Data Protection Authority (the “CNIL”) announced that it imposed an €8,000,000 fine on Apple for violations of the French rules on targeted advertising and the use of cookies and similar tracking technologies. The CNIL received a complaint concerning Apple’s ad personalization practices on the App Store and…
UK: East Ayrshire Council launch immediate ‘data breach’ probe after claims ‘vulnerable’ child’s picture was used on social media
Paul Behan reports: East Ayrshire Council has today launched an internal investigation over allegations they’ve broken the law on protecting the identity of vulnerable children. Ayrshire Live can reveal that the local authority has launched a probe after a complaint was raised following the alleged publication of a vulnerable child’s picture on a school social media platform….
Google to pay $29.5 million to settle DC, Indiana lawsuits over location tracking
Jared Gans reports: Google has agreed to pay a total of $29.5 million to settle separate lawsuits with Washington, D.C., and Indiana over its location tracking practices. Under the settlements, Google agreed to not make misrepresentations to users about an individual user’s location information in location history and web and app activity. Read more at…