News18 reports: A customer has sent a takedown notice to Ola Electric for publishing the electric two-scooter’s telemetry data on social media, after the e-scooter met with an accident in Guwahati, injuring the rider. Balwant Singh from Guwahati had tweeted on April 15 that his son had met with an accident “due to fault in…
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Kāinga Ora admits serious privacy breach, apologises, launches investigation
Lane Nichols reports: Kāinga Ora has apologised for a serious privacy blunder and launched an urgent investigation after mistakenly sharing sensitive details about a tenant’s mental health with a neighbour. The tenant is a former skinhead and alleged white power sympathiser accused of terrorising his Christchurch neighbours in a prolonged campaign of intimidation and abuse….
Danish SA: fine proposed for Danske Bank
Seen at the European Data Protection Board: Background information Date of final decision: 4 April 2022 Cross-border case or national case: National Controller: Danske Bank Legal Reference: Article 5 (2) Decision: Infringement of the GDPR Key words: Deletion Summary of the Decision Origin of the case The Danish Data Supervisory Authority (SA) has reported Danske…
Google must investigate links for false information, says top EU court adviser
Molly Quell reports: If someone asks for links to be removed from Google because they are false, the company must look into the claim, said an adviser to the European Court of Justice in a non-binding opinion issued Thursday. Advocate General Giovanni Pitruzzella found that, when Google is asked to remove something from its search results, it…