Joe Couture reports: Saskatchewan’s Information and Privacy Commissioner, Gary Dickson, released Monday a report on an investigation that dismissed three of four complaints against Saskatchewan Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB) but found one of the complaints was well-founded. In the report, the commissioner deals with four complaints that were raised by an injured worker regarding WCB…
Category: Breaches
Jennifer Lopez “Sex” Tape Temporarily Shelved
Jeremy Tanner reports: Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge James C. Chalfant sided with singer Jennifer Lopez Tuesday after granting a restraining order that will prevent ex-husband Ojani Noa from distributing a sex tape filmed during their 1997 honeymoon. The restraining order is in effect pending the outcome of a hearing scheduled on Dec. 1….
NY State Consumer Protection Board and State Division of Veterans’ Affairs Expand Assistance
From the New York State Division of Veterans’ Affairs: In commemoration of Veteran’s Day, the New York State Consumer Protection Board (CPB) today joined with the New York State Division of Veterans’ Affairs to announce new information and resources for U.S. military personnel and veterans to help protect them from the consequences of identity theft….
Privacy Case Flunks ‘Duck Test,’ Court Says
Annie Youderian reports: The 7th Circuit dismissed an invasion-of-privacy class action filed by Illinois citizens who submitted voter registration forms at the state Department of Motor Vehicles. The complaint flunks the “duck test,” Judge Terence Evans wrote, because the lead plaintiff “says, in effect, that if it walks like a duck, swims like a duck,…