Susan Edmunds reports: A medical centre receptionist has lost her job after telling a family gathering about a couple’s sexual health tests. The patients complained to the Privacy Commissioner when they discovered the woman had shared sensitive medical information about them. Read more on Stuff.
Category: Non-U.S.
CBSA officer caught leaking police information to family members: internal docs
Catherine Tunney reports: A Canada Border Services Agency agent breached federal privacy law when she took a photo of confidential police information and emailed it to a member of her family, says an internal report. According to a copy of the findings, recently obtained by CBC News through access to information law, the Calgary Police…
Aussie banks warn customers after fresh PayID data breach
Ry Crozier reports: Banks have started warning customers of a fresh data breach involving PayID records that was reported to new payments platform overseer NPP Australia late Friday. NPP Australia said that an undisclosed number of PayID records “and associated data in the Addressing Service were exposed by a vulnerability in one of the financial…
Ireland, Poland Offer Guidance on Data Breach Response Under GDPR
Odia Kagan of Fox Rothschild writes: The Irish Data Protection Commission and Polish Data Protection Authority have issued guidance on data breach notification under GDPR in which they address the following questions, and more: When do you “become aware” of a data breach? What should a data breach notification include? How do you communicate a…
Hackers Target Denmark’s Tivoli Park, Steal Information of Up to 1,000 Guests
IANS reports: The Copenhagen-based Tivoli, one of the oldest and most popular amusement parks in Europe, has now joined the unfortunate online “rogues gallery” of major Danish companies whose customer data has been hacked from their websites. Details about the extent of the early August hack into the website of Denmark’s premier tourist destination were…
UK hacker-for-hire jailed for role in SIM-swapping attacks, data theft
Charlie Osborne reports: A British teenager has been sentenced to 20 months in prison after offering hacker-for-hire services to cash in on trends including SIM-swapping attacks. The UK’s Norfolk police force said that 19-year-old Elliot Gunton, of Norwich, was sentenced at Norwich Crown Court on Friday after pleading guilty to hacking offenses. money laundering, the…