Brian Wong reports: Jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai Chee-ying’s Next Magazine and its chief editor have been fined HK$120,000 (US$15,000) in total for publishing a copy of the birth certificate of Hong Kong actress Cecilia Cheung Pak-chi’s youngest son, in a landmark privacy prosecution. Mak King-hing, 47, along with Next Digital and Element 5 Digital, the…
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Za: Medical practitioners lambast Discovery Health for ‘unethical, irregular’ clawbacks
Georgina Crouth reports: Discovery Health has come under fire from medical practitioners for unethically “clawing back” claims it had approved and paid, well past even the three-year common law prescription period. A medical aid fund must, in accordance with the Medical Schemes Act (MSA), query or dispute a claim within 30 days from the date of lodging,…
The Works Council Privacy Booklet – new guidance published by Dutch DPA
Joke Bodewits of Hogan Lovells writes: The Dutch Supervisory Authority (Autoriteit Persoongsgevens or “AP”) has published a privacy booklet that primarily aims to support Works Council in its role with regard to privacy under the GDPR. Whilst the booklet provides some helpful clarifications on the AP’s interpretation of “employee monitoring systems,” it also contains statements that…
Dutch DPA: CP&A receives fine for violating privacy of sick employees
Seen on EDPB: The Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) has imposed a fine of €15,000 on maintenance company CP&A for violations committed when processing the health data of sick employees. CP&A maintained a register of the causes of sick leave. In doing so, the company processed more health data than legally permitted. Furthermore, the registration…