Telecompaper reports: The Dutch upper house of parliament has approved a legislative amendment on tightening requirements for reporting data breaches and increasing the privacy regulator CBP’s sanctions powers. The lower house approved the legislation in February. Under the changes, a data breach must be reported to the CBP if it impacts security and has a…
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JP: Convenience store employee arrested for stealing customers’ credit card info
The Mainichi reports: A convenience store employee suspected of filming customers’ credit cards on his smartphone and using information on the cards to swindle the victims out of money has been arrested, Tokyo police said. […] Daijiro Kamino, 29, a former convenience store employee of Taito Ward, Tokyo, stands accused of fraud using a computer,…
Ca: Royal Newfoundland Constabulary staffer breached 12 people’s privacy using police database
Ariana Kelland reports: The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary says it has completed an internal review into a privacy breach that spanned several years and impacted 12 people whose private information was accessed by a civilian employee of the force on the northeast Avalon. Documents obtained by CBC News through access to information revealed several privacy breaches involving one staffer that…
Uber hack claims probed… as black taxi drivers prepare to strike
Companies really look foolish – and untrustworthy – when they don’t know what’s going on or deny problems while customers keep reporting misuse of their accounts. As reported in today’s London Evening Standard: An investigation into claims that Uber customers have fallen victim to hackers on the dark web has widened as one user told how…
ZA: MTN shuts down e-billing portal
Duncan McLeod reports: MTN South Africa has shut down its e-billing portal until security concerns have been addressed, the mobile operator said on Friday. “This has been implemented with immediate effect and customers will receive their bills via e-mail as an interim measure,” a spokesman said. The decision to shut down the e-billing website follows…
The Bank of England reminds us why it is important to check recipients before sending an email
Steve Myers gives us a winner for email gaffe of the month: The Bank of England has been the latest victim of the internet. Well, no. They’re not a victim of the internet as much as they are a victim of their own human error, but read on…. They have taught all of us a very…