Lauren Crooks reports that a constable who was charged in 2009 over allegations he had looked at police records while off-duty has now sued Police Scotland for defamation. He is also reportedly taking his employer to an employment tribunal: Constables Andrew Reid, 36, and former partner Amanda Daly, 34, were charged over claims they looked at…
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Ca: Confidential medical records found abandoned
So HHS discloses a settlement with a pharmacy that did not properly dispose of patient records, and now we hear that a Canadian pharmacy has also failed to dispose of records properly. CTV reports: A discovery inside an apartment building’s recycling bin has one London man fuming, after private medical documents from a nearby pharmacy…
Three men associated with Anonymous Australia facing jail time: Part 1
Three men affiliated with Anonymous Australia are facing jail time: one for incitement, and two for serious hacking charges that could send each man to prison for many years. DataBreaches.net started looking into all three cases and how the men’s paths crossed. In this post, we provide some background and details on one of the cases. Future posts will…
Macedonian prosecutor indicts opposition leader in wiretap scandal
Kole Casule reports: The Macedonian state prosecutor formally indicted the country’s top opposition politician late on Thursday over his role in a surveillance scandal that challenged the nine-year rule of Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski. For months Zoran Zaev, the leader of the opposition Social Democrats has been publishing wire-taps he says he received from a…
UK: Dumfries and Galloway Council data breach actions accepted
An update from the BBC about a breach I hadn’t spotted before: The Information Commissioner’s Office has said it is satisfied with Dumfries and Galloway Council’s actions in the wake of a data protection breach. It followed the inadvertent release of personal information which was later posted on the internet. It is understood that the…
Ca: Privacy commissioner investigating Sask. premier’s office
Mike McKinnon reports: The office of Saskatchewan’s privacy commissioner has officially launched an investigation into an alleged privacy breach by the premier’s office. Peter Bowden, a health care aide who went public on March 30 with concerns about the Saskatoon care home he works at, accused Premier Brad Wall and his chief of operations and communications, Kathy Young,…