Michaela Whitbourn and Michael Lallo have the follow-up to a case that started in 2012 as a radio prank but wound up invading privacy and likely contributing to a nurse’s suicide: Radio station 2Day FM will be subjected to tougher licence conditions and will broadcast a special three-hour program to raise awareness about mental illness and promote…
Category: Non-U.S.
Ca: Misdialed fax number led to privacy breach, Liberals say
Richard J. Brennan reports: The Liberal government is blaming a misdialed fax machine for a privacy breach affecting hundreds of Ontario Disability Support Program recipients. […] (The) ODSP payment report for the Hamilton Housing Corporation was “inadvertently” sent to the private law firm. “The personal information disclosed included your name, mailing address and the shelter payment…
NZ: Data leak: Real estate staffer fired
Auckland’s biggest real estate firm has fired the employee who leaked the sales data that sparked a controversy about the number of overseas Chinese buying houses in New Zealand. Barfoot & Thompson‘s managing director, Peter Thompson, and chief executive, Wendy Alexander, confirmed the sacking after conducting an investigation into the leak, which Labour used to…
German spooks target officials who leaked govt docs to bloggers
Jennifer Baker reports: Germany’s domestic secret service is backing a criminal case against government officials who passed documents to the press. Activists claim the investigation is an effort to clamp down on the freedom of the press, while others see it as a cynical move by interior spooks the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution…
UK public bodies leaked confidential information 150+ times
Jon Martindale writes: … public bodies including the NHS, government departments, police and local councils, have leaked data unsuspectingly over 150 times in the past six years. These statistics were dug up by WhatDoTheyKnow.com, an organisation which helps people make requests of local government and other bodies to find out what information they hold on individuals. Through…
UK: ICO announces two undertakings following theft of sensitive personal data
The Information Commissioner’s Office announced two undertakings today. The first, involving Western Health & Social Care Trust follows two incidents. One incident concerned the theft of two computers from Trust premises during a burglary on October 8, 2013. The computer contained sensitive personal data relating to the provision of specialist mental health services by a retired employee. Although investigation determined…