Bigger companies may pay bigger fines, but smaller fines do not mean smaller impact when it comes to dealing with sensitive information, as in this case. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined transgender charity Mermaids £25,000 for failing to keep the personal data of its users secure. The ICO’s investigation began after it received a…
Category: Exposure
NZ: Whanganui DHB apologizes after vaccine privacy breach
Mike Tweed reports: Whanganui District Health Board has apologised for a privacy breach that accidentally disclosed the email addresses of about 200 people. The health board has been inviting people in Group 3 for their Covid-19 vaccine via text, letter and email, but last week an email was sent without the use of the blind…
Norwegian DPA: Moss Municipal Council fined
The Norwegian Data Protection Authority has imposed a EUR 50,000 (NOK 500,000) fine on Moss Municipal Council for failing to adequately protect personal data. The error has been corrected and the case closed. In connection with the amalgamation of the municipalities of Rygge and Moss in January 2020, efforts were made to combine the use…
Spanish King’s health info exposed due to vulnerability in COVID certificate portal
Katie Harris reports: King Felipe VI of Spain’s health data has been exposed in a security breach, insiders fear. The royal was among thousands affected by the computer security failure of the Madrid health system. The breach meant people’s private data such as their telephone number, social security number and address could be accessed by…
Volkswagen and Audi Hit with Data Breach Class Action
Kathryn Rattigan of Robinson + Cole writes that a two-year data leak by a vendor has resulted in a lawsuit: This week, Volkswagen AG’s U.S. entity and its Audi brand were hit with a class action for a data breach that allegedly compromised 3.3 million consumers’ personal information. In the U.S. District Court for the…
Oops: Hundreds of One Medical patients’ emails exposed
Elise Reuter reports on what, indeed, was a big OOPS! An errant email sent to hundreds of One Medical patients exposed their email addresses. Several One Medical patients took to Twitter on Wednesday night sharing screenshots of the same email that was addressed to more than 900 people. It’s possible that the email was sent in batches…