Kirsti Marohn reports: Stearns County is settling a lawsuit with a woman who claimed a county employee revealed confidential information about her. The county board on Tuesday approved the $15,000 settlement with Lisa Pobuda, who accused the county and the human services department of violating the Minnesota Data Practices Act. Read more in the St….
Category: Breaches
Je: Minister resigns after breaching data protection code
Deputy Sean Power has resigned as Jersey’s housing minister after breaching data protection laws. He said he passed on an email he found lying on a printer in the States building in August last year. The Deputy said he felt like he had let down Housing Department staff, but did not feel his error was…
Je: More complaints to data protection about privacy breaches
The number of people who complained about having their privacy breached rose by a third in Jersey in 2010. A report by the office of the data protection commissioner said it was busier last year than ever before. Most of the complaints were about retailers, particularly online companies that sent unwanted marketing emails. Read more…
Ca: Justice Department speculates on privacy breaches
James McLeod reports: Justice Minister Felix Collins said it’s “fairly unlikely” that anyone’s privacy was breached despite concerns raised by the province’s auditor general. In the auditor general’s annual report on government operations, John Noseworthy wrote three accounts in the government’s Support Enforcement Division had been improperly accessed hundreds of times. Collins said he didn’t…