USA Today reports: Duchess Meghan of Sussex will receive the nominal sum of 1 pound after a court found that the Mail on Sunday invaded her privacy. She says she’ll get much more for defeating the tabloid on copyright violation by publishing her private letter to her father. […] The 1 pound covers only the…
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Administrative fine imposed on psychotherapy centre Vastaamo for data protection violations
A hack and extortion attempt involving the psychotherapy center in Vastaamo, Finland was — and remains — one of the worst breaches ever covered on PogoWasRight.org and DataBreaches.net because it involved the sensitive mental health information of tens of thousands of patients and a coverup by an executive of the clinic. Now EDPB has posted…
NZ: Community Law Centre’s $24k legal costs bid after privacy breach declined
Jono Galuszka reports: The Manawatū Community Law Centre wanted a former employee, whose privacy the centre breached, to pay it $24,400 in legal costs. The Human Rights Review Tribunal, however, instead ordered the centre to pay former receptionist and information officer Alisha Cook $7500 in costs. That money is on top of the $6000 the…
The Duchess and the tabloid: The Mail admits it’s beaten
Brian Cathcart writes: The owners of the Mail on Sunday have finally capitulated in the privacy and breach of copyright case brought by the Duchess of Sussex, abandoning any idea of a further appeal and agreeing to pay an undisclosed sum in settlement. Following an order [pdf] made by the Court of Appeal which (among other things) required…