A man who said he was repeatedly harassed by a Leawood housewife was awarded $7.3 million in a lawsuit judgment Tuesday. The lawsuit was filed by Lewis Heacker, 23, in 2007. He sued Jessica Wright, 48, of Leawood, Kan. In the lawsuit Heacker said he had babysat for Wright since he was 13, but the…
Category: Breaches
B.C. commish: bars violate privacy laws
Nanaimo nightclub owner Jerry Hong has no immediate plans to remove a security system that collects personal information from patrons at his clubs, despite a B.C. privacy commissioner ruling on Tuesday that said scanning driver’s licences of bar-goers violates privacy laws. […] The province’s privacy commissioner launched an investigation in 2007 after a customer complained…
HSBC fined £3 million for losing customer details
Banking giant HSBC has been fined more than £3 million [U.S. $5.2 million] for failing to protect its customers from fraud – and for losing the details of nearly 200,000 people in the post. Three HSBC firms – HSBC Life UK, HSBC Actuaries and Consultants, and HSBC Insurance Brokers – were fined for sending large…
Deutsche Bank probe: four incidents
Deutsche Bank AG, Germany’s biggest bank, said a probe found four incidents of questionable investigative or surveillance activities at the company. The cases raise “legal issues” related to data protection and privacy, the Frankfurt-based bank said in an e-mailed statement today, citing a report from law firm Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton. All four incidents…