Brian Higgins reports: A man who says he was the first person on Prince Edward Island to be hospitalized for COVID-19 is suing Health P.E.I. for breach of privacy. According to a civil suit filed in P.E.I. Supreme Court, information about the man’s medical condition, including the fact that he is HIV-positive, was leaked by…
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Hard drives, equipment containing personal information stolen from L&I in Tukwila
Fox13 reports: Police are investigating a recent burglary at a Washington State Department of Labor Industries (L&I) office, where equipment containing sensitive personal identifiable information was stolen. Video at Yahoo!
Far-right France website probed after ‘leak’ of Muslim personal data
The New Arab reports: A criminal investigation has been opened against a far-right website that published data about leading French Muslim figures, prosecutors in France confirmed on Wednesday. The far-right website, Fdesouche, allegedly leaked a file containing personal information about several notable Muslim figures including imams, journalists, and activists, who they labeled as “Islamo-leftists”, Anadolu Agency’s French reported. Read more at Alaraby.co.uk
NB65 Hackers Reportedly Stole Credit Card Data of QIWI Clients
Note: The following has not been confirmed by QIWI and there is no notice or statement on their website as of the time of this posting. Manikanta Immanni reports: NB65, a hacking group that’s targeting various Russian organizations recently, has just announced QIWI as its latest victim. QIWI is a Russian payments company that’s widely…
Fourth Circuit Holds Statements About Importance of Data Security Not Actionable
Amy Heath and Eric Bosset of Covington and Burling write: The Fourth Circuit’s opinion last week in In re Marriott International, Inc., — F.4th —-, No. 21-1802 (4th Cir. Apr. 21, 2022), could prove useful to companies facing data breach class actions. Following a data breach of the Starwood guest reservation system, Marriott investors brought securities…
Court Rejects Demand for “Corrective” Notice in Blackbaud Data Breach MDL
Brianna Soltys and Kristin L. Bryan of Squire Patton Boggs write that the the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, which had consolidated all federal lawsuits against Blackbaud in the District of South Carolina, has rejected plaintiffs’ motion to require Blackbaud to issue a corrective notice. As a brief reminder: Blackbaud provides third-party services for entities…