Lyle Adriano reports: The city of Calgary is facing a $92.9 million lawsuit for allegedly breaching the privacy rights of its employees. The suit, filed Tuesday, alleged a privacy breach in June 2016. The document claims that a city staffer sent an email to an employee of another Alberta municipality which contained the personal information…
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For data leak, 9 coastal body staff sacked
Murari Shetye reports: The state government has not renewed contracts of nine Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA) employees as it suspects they were involved in providing departmental information to NGOs and activists. Sources said that of the 13 contract employees, nine have lost their jobs, including three scientific assistants, an accounts clerk, a technical officer,…
A forum on DarkNet is selling data stolen from over 6,000 Indian businesses including ISPs: QuickHeal
IANS reports: Global IT security firm Quick Heal‘s Enterprise Security brand Seqrite has discovered an advertisement on DarkNet forum that claims to have access to data of over 6,000 Indian businesses that include Internet Service Providers (ISPs), some of the key government organisations, banks and enterprises. Read more on FirstPost.
IH employee records stolen
Colin Dacre reports: Interior Health says the personal information of about 500 current and former employees has been compromised due to a data breach connected to two arrests in the Lower Mainland. The organization has enlisted external security and privacy experts to investigate the situation. Read more on Castanet.
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner seeks your comment
Notifiable Data Breaches We are currently seeking public comment on the following draft resources: What to include in an eligible data breach statement Notifiable Data Breach statement Exceptions to notification obligations Guide to OAIC Privacy Regulatory Action – Chapter 9: Data breach incidents Assessing a suspected data breach Please provide any comments by 23 October…
Whole Foods suffers data breach in some stores
Angelica LaVito reports: Whole Foods, which was recently acquired by Amazon, suffered a data breach of credit card information used in taprooms and full table-service restaurants in some of the grocery chain’s stores, the company said Thursday. Whole Foods noted these venues use a different point-of-sale system than the main checkout systems. Credit cards used…