Express News Service reports: Four persons were arrested by the Cyber Crime wing of Cyberabad police for stealing confidential data from a pharma company. Using the patented data of the firm, the accused manufactured similar products at Visakhapatnam. The accused are Gunturu Srikanth Reddy, Mekala Krishna Reddy, Mekala Venkat Reddy and S Yogeswara Rao. Read…
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UK: Former social worker prosecuted for unlawful data disclosures
From the Information Commissioner’s Office: A former social worker has been prosecuted for passing the personal information of service users to a third party provider for Local Authority young person placements. Leo Kirk unlawfully disclosed referrals for residential or foster placements of vulnerable young people aged 16-18 years old. The referrals contained sensitive personal data…
IE: Hospital staff to be investigated over alleged ‘derogatory’ online posts
Paul Cullen reports: University Hospital Limerick says it plans to investigate staff over the alleged leaking of confidential patient information as well as “derogatory” Facebook posts. Staff have been told they may face disciplinary action for remarks on social media “made in the name of the HSE” which are offensive or derogatory. Read more on Irish Times.
More details revealed on 2018 Moose jaw police privacy breach
CKOM reports: In the fall of 2018, the Moose Jaw Police Service fired two workers “inappropriately accessing police information records”, and now more details have been released on what happened in a report from the Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner. In the report from the commissioner released on Tuesday, it described the privacy breaches as “snooping”. Read…
Amazon fires employees for leaking customer email addresses and phone numbers
Zack Whittaker reports: Amazon has fired a number of employees after they shared customer email address and phone numbers with a third-party “in violation of our policies.” The email to customers sent Friday afternoon, seen by TechCrunch, said an employee was “terminated” for sharing the data, and that the company is supporting law enforcement in their prosecution. Read…
Ring Fired Employees for Watching Customer Videos
Joseph Cox reports: Amazon-owned home security camera company Ring has fired employees for improperly accessing Ring users’ video data, according to a letter the company wrote to Senators and obtained by Motherboard. The news highlights a risk across many different tech companies: employees may abuse access granted as part of their jobs to look at customer data or information….