Wang Qingchu reports: As of 8am today, 66,460 people who visited Shanghai Disneyland on October 30 and 31 have tested negative for the coronavirus, the local government said today. Another 1,016 environmental samples were also negative for COVID-19. These visitors are subject to two more tests each as an individual who later tested positive for…
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Dutch watchdog slams tax office fraud list as privacy breach
Mike Corder reports: A Dutch data protection watchdog issued a damning report Friday about the country’s tax office, saying it breached privacy law for years by keeping a list of potential fraudsters. It was another blow for the scandal-plagued Dutch tax office, which already is embroiled in the fallout from a discredited effort to root…
Inadequate access controls that permit access to non-patients’ data? That will cost you.
The Norwegian Data Protection Authority recently fined the Høylandet Municipal Council 41,000 euros ($47,565.00) because image files containing health data about people with no connection to the municipality were accessible to staff at the health clinic, and the council still did not implement appropriate access controls after they became aware of the problem. Read more…
Privacy Breach Class Action Commenced Against Media Giant Rogers
The following is a press release from an attorney firm. My sites generally do not post attorney advertising but there is a news angle to this one that has potential impact for many people. DataBreaches.net emailed Rogers yesterday requesting a comment on the lawsuit, but received no reply. TORONTO, Oct. 29, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) —…