Richard Chirgwin reports: Australia’s on-again, off-again debate about data breach notification laws is on again, courtesy of a report into financial system regulation, at least until the government cans the idea (again). Register readers will recall that a Privacy Alerts bill was proposed by the previous government before the 2013 election, then delayed, re-introduced in March, and abandoned in…
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UK: ICO hit by data security breach
Desire Athow reports: The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the entity in charge of making sure British organisations (and the government) keep private data secure, has been hit by a data security breach. The snafu was published in the ICO’s annual report and the body has, according to the Times, been less than amicable when it comes…
UK constable accused of breaching data protection law to access women’s private info
RT reports: UK chief constable, Nick Gargan, is under criminal investigation for allegedly breaking data protection legislation to access personal information of younger females whom he’s accused of inappropriately propositioning. Previously stationed at Avon and Somerset, the former constable once held the position of chief of the National Policing Improvement Agency, and was reportedly tipped to…
UK: Fine for car rental manager who sold customer details to claims company
A former rogue manager at a Merseyside branch of the car rental company Enterprise Rent-A-Car has been prosecuted by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) after unlawfully stealing the records of almost two thousand customers before selling them to a claims management company. Appearing at Wirral Magistrates Court today, 29 year-old Stephen Siddell was prosecuted under…
NZ: Proposed data breach fines a ‘drop in the ocean’
Rob O’Neill reports: The New Zealand government is expected to introduce a rewrite of privacy laws into Parliament next year, but one security expert says the proposals are imprecise and don’t go far enough. Trend Micro’s senior security architect Peter Benson says data breach disclosure laws are long overdue and will bring New Zealand into…
JP: Benesse customer info sold immediately after data theft: police
Mainichi reports: The culprit behind the theft of customer data from correspondence education giant Benesse always intended to sell the information, and did so almost immediately, the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) believes. A source close to the case has told the Mainichi Shimbun that a systems engineer from a subcontractor managing a Benesse Holdings Inc….