This site recently reported how some banks are using thumbprint verification when customers want to cash a check. But this story out of Florida involving a Tampa branch of Bank of America is a stunning example of security run amok. That a bank teller seemingly does not grasp the import of the Americans with Disabilities…
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Consumer, privacy groups urge Congress to regulate behavioral tracking
Earlier today, a coalition of ten consumer and privacy advocacy organizations urged Congress to enact legislation to protect consumer privacy in response to threats from the growing practices of online behavioral tracking and targeting. The coalition consists of the Center for Digital Democracy, Consumer Federation of America, Consumers Union, Consumer Watchdog, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Privacy…
Lidl fined for data protection violations
The Privacy and Information Security Law Blog reports that earlier this month, the state DPA in North Rhine-Westphalia fined a subsidiary of the discount supermarket chain Lidl € 36,000 (approximately $51,000) for illegally keeping records of employee health data. To compound the employee privacy breach with a security breach, it seems that the case was…
Bell Canada ordered to inform customers about data gathering
Peter Nowak of CBC News reports: Canada’s privacy commissioner, fresh off forcing Facebook to change how it handles users’ data, is ordering Bell Canada to change how it informs internet customers of its network-management practices. In a report dated Aug. 13 and made public on Friday, assistant privacy commissioner Elizabeth Denham told the company it…