In this article, 4 New Square’s Paul Mitchell QC, Stephen Innes and Helen Evans consider the potential civil liability of professionals in this jurisdiction for data breaches after GDPR comes into force on 25 May 2018. They write, in part: Many professionals are liable to assume that the GDPR will class them as “data controllers” rather…
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Vector’s legal action against Stuff for data leak could be settled
Stuff reports: Vector and Stuff may reach an agreement outside of court after some of Vector’s customer data was revealed as a result of a data breach. Last week, Stuff revealed that a glitch in an app designed by Vector meant the names, email addresses, physical location and phone numbers of customers who used the app were visible…
Greek, Turkish hackers trade retaliatory cyberattacks amid worsened relations
DW reports: The Greek Foreign Ministry’s reaction on Thursday appeared almost routine: “Cyberattacks are being neutralized immediately by the responsible authorities. At no time has the Ministry’s website been disabled,” the terse message said. What had happened? The day before, the Turkish hacker group Akincilar (“Invaders”) had targeted the foreign ministry’s website, as well as publishing…
Banco Inter shares drop on reported data leak, fintech fears
Reuters reports: Shares in Brazilian digital lender Banco Inter SA fell as much as 11 percent on Friday amid reports of a data leak and after the central bank suspended operations of rival Neon that triggered concerns about financial technology startups. Banco Inter units, composed of common and preferred shares, traded 7 percent lower in…
Ph: NPC orders Wendy’s PH to inform users affected by data breach
ABS-CBN reports: The National Privacy Commission (NPC) has ordered Wendy’s Philippines to notify users affected by the data breach on its website on April 23. The order dated May 2 was released after the fast food chain notified the commission that its website was infiltrated and that personal data of users were obtained and published…
Mass notification launched after inappropriate access to 1,756 Winnipeg patients’ data
Canadian Press reports: The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority says it will be contacting hundreds of patients in the coming weeks after a nurse inappropriately accessed their personal health information. The authority says in a release that the nurse, who had access to the emergency department information system for work at one site, inappropriately searched information…