Ayana Archie reports: Two women are suing Apple over its AirTags, claiming the trackers made it easier for them to be stalked and harassed. The women filed a class-action lawsuit Monday in the U.S. Northern District Court of California and said Apple has not done enough to protect the product from being used illicitly. Apple introduced AirTags…
Category: Breaches
Notable Privacy and Security Books 2022
Daniel Solove writes: Here are some notable books on privacy and security from 2022. This year, I celebrate the 15th anniversary from when I began these posts. To see a more comprehensive list of nonfiction works about privacy and security for all years, Professor Paul Schwartz and I maintain a resource page on Nonfiction Privacy +…
SuperCare call recording $750K class action settlement
Most of the class action lawsuit settlements I post involve data security breaches, but this one involves informed consent. Top Class Actions reports that SuperCare has agreed to pay $750,000 to resolve claims it illegally recorded consumer calls without consent. The settlement benefits consumers who had at least one phone call recorded without their consent…
NZ: Case note 232044: Disclosure of information likely to cause significant likelihood of serious harassment
Another case note from the New Zealand Privacy Commissioner’s Office: A woman made a request to a health agency for the access logs of her records. She said she was worried about people looking at her file who shouldn’t be doing so (employee browsing). The agency released the access log to the woman with the…