The National reports: The head of a Scotland in Union splinter group had his home raided by police yesterday. David Clews, founder of UK Unity, was targetted as an investigation into leaks at Scotland’s most prominent anti-independence group continued. Officers have been investigating alleged data protection offences at Scotland in Union after a list of high-profile donors was…
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Hugh Grant settles phone-hacking claim against Mirror newspapers
British actor Hugh Grant has settled a legal case against Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN) after the company admitted that reporters at its three tabloid titles had hacked into his voicemails over a 10-year period to get scoops, he said on Monday. Grant, who is known internationally for roles in films such as “Four Weddings and…
PH: House okays measure declaring credit-card fraud as heinous crime
Jovee Marie de la Cruz reports on a Philippine bill working its way through their legislature: The House of Representatives on Monday approved on third and final reading a measure declaring hacking of bank systems and stealing 50 or more ATM or credit-card details as economic sabotage. Voting 224-0, lawmakers passed House Bill (HB) 6710,…
SG: PDPC Singapore responds to feedback received in public consultation regarding personal data management
Priyankar Bhunia writes: The PDPC sought views on the relevance of other bases for collecting, using and disclosing personal data and on a proposed mandatory data breach notification regime. The Personal Data Protection Commission of Singapore (PDPC) has released its response to feedback received from a public consultation launched in July 2017 on Approaches to…
Family Planning Association of Hong Kong apologises for losing patient data at Mong Kok clinic
Danny Lee reports: A major health NGO in Hong Kong apologised on Saturday for losing patient data from a cervical screening programme at one of its clinics. The Family Planning Association of Hong Kong, which runs the scheme, said they “lost track” of information from people who came for appointments at its Mong Kok Youth…
Indian police arrest criminals selling and trading biometric Aadhaar data
By now, my regular readers have likely all seen reports of data breaches where biometric data were stolen or hacked, such as the OPM breach where 5.6 million employees’ fingerprints were also acquired by suspected state actors or state-sponsored hackers. But a news report out of India shows how biometric data may be part of…