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…
Category: Business
Verizon CEO punk’d
All enterprises should be concerned with the security of the mobile devices their employees carry. Not only is sensitive work information stored on there, but so is personal information. At some point, however, others have to be trusted to provide secure services and protect enterprise and end-user information. One customer not satisfied with the way…
Baseball’s use of DNA raises questions (updated)
Confronted with cases of identity and age falsification by Latin American baseball prospects, Major League Baseball is conducting genetic testing on some promising young players and their parents. Many experts in genetics consider such testing a violation of personal privacy. Federal legislation, signed into law last year and scheduled to take effect Nov. 21, prohibits…
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…