Victoria Leigh of Squire Patton Boggs writes: Following on from a string of cases in 2021 concerning minor data breaches (see our earlier article here), two further cases in Q1 of 2022 have continued the trend of High Court scepticism. Such compensation claims, usually involving multiple causes of action, often find themselves trimmed down and sent…
Category: Non-U.S.
Israeli Ministry Illegally Shared Biometric Images of Millions With Unknown Agency
Josh Breiner and Bar Peleg report: The Population and Immigration Authority illegally shared in the past seven years the facial images of millions of Israelis with an unnamed government agency. The actions of the Interior Ministry division were disclosed in an official report published last week by Roy Friedman, the head of the Israel National…
The truth about China’s Uyghur camps Beijing is trying to hide: Hacked data reveals thousands of prisoners forced to undergo ‘re-education’… with a shoot-to-kill policy for anyone who tries to flee
Chris Pleasance reports: Thousands of photographs, spreadsheets and classified documents hacked from Chinese police servers have shed a horrifying new light on the terrors Uyghur Muslims have been subjected to in ‘re-education camps’ and prisons in Xinjiang, as part of a state-sponsored campaign aimed at ‘breaking’ their cultural identity. The treasure trove of data lays…
Malaysia: Govt must be transparent, outcome of alleged data breach probe must be made public
Zarrah Morden reports: Transparency International Malaysia (TI-M) today expressed concern over the alleged data leaks and sale of personal data belonging to Malaysians and urged the government to publicly disclose the results of police investigation into the matter. […] It also suggested that legislators study what is lacking in existing legislation, leading to solutions that…
Decisions by the Personal Data Protection Commissioner of Singapore
The Personal Data Protection Commissioner of Singapore announced several new decisions this week. Here are three of them: A financial penalty of $2,000 was imposed on Southaven Boutique for failing to put in place reasonable security arrangement to prevent the unauthorised access of its customers’ personal data in its Point-Of-Sale system server. Read more. A…
Greenland hit by cyber attack, finds its health service crippled
Graham Cluley reports: It appears that Costa Rica isn’t the only country making headlines as it battles cyber attackers. For the past week and a half, Greenland’s health service has reportedly been struggling to recover from a cyber attack that has crippled its IT systems, causing long waiting times and forcing doctors to resort to using pen and paper…