I didn’t even know I had/have a medical credit score. Do I? Do you? Joe Cadillic sends along this eye-opener of a report by Keith Axline: Private hospitals are now consulting a secret medical credit score from Experian before you even see a doctor. As a patient you do not have access to this score,…
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How To Protect Your Phone Number On Twitter
Gennie Gebhart of EFF has a how-to protect your phone number in the wake of a breach that Twitter revealed this past week: The bad news is that Twitter has disclosed a failure to protect users’ phone numbers, again. The good news is that Twitter users can take steps to protect themselves. Earlier this week, Twitter announced it had…
Privacy Commissioner of Canada files Notice of Application with the Federal Court against Facebook, Inc
The Privacy Commissioner of Canada has filed a Notice of Application in the Federal Court seeking a declaration that Facebook has contravened Canada’s federal private sector privacy law. The application follows a joint investigation last year by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) and the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for British…
AU: Fair Work to rule in worker privacy case involving swipe-in app
David Marin-Guzman reports: The construction union is defending a novel workplace privacy case to fight employers allowing the sharing of workers’ personal information for marketing purposes. Builder Watpac has called on the Fair Work Commission to arbitrate a dispute with the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union after a union safety delegate and a…