Press release from the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of New Zealand: New Zealanders’ attitudes toward privacy are changing as developing technologies and the global pandemic requires us to share more personal information. But three-out-of-five New Zealanders still report concern about businesses sharing their personal information without their permission, information being collected about children online…
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Thailand’s Personal Data Protection Act Enters into Force
Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: On June 1, 2022, Thailand’s Personal Data Protection Act (“PDPA”) entered into force after three years of delays. The PDPA, originally enacted in May 2019, provides for a one-year grace period, with the main operative provisions of the law originally set to come into force in 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic,…
Tim Hortons app collected vast amounts of sensitive data: privacy watchdogs
Canadian Press reports: Federal and provincial privacy watchdogs say the Tim Hortons mobile ordering app violated the law by collecting vast amounts of location information from customers. In an investigation finding today, privacy commissioners say people who downloaded the Tim Hortons app had their movements tracked and recorded every few minutes of the day, even…
PSNI data breach discovered after an officer tried to stop family trip to US
Allison Morris reports: A huge data breach that resulted in the details of 152 people being unlawfully handed over to the US authorities was discovered after a police officer wrongfully intervened to stop a family travelling to America on holiday. The Belfast Telegraph yesterday revealed that the Police Ombudsman, the Information Commissioner and the Policing Board…