Rebecca Buchan reports: A policeman who searched his work computer database for restricted information about his sisters has been handed an absolute discharge. During the course of one day, Keith Knowles accessed seven crime files while at work at Woodhill House, Westburn Road. The documents – relating to his siblings Lynn Robertson and Veronica Knowles…
Category: Non-U.S.
New privacy taskforce announced after leak of G20 leaders’ details
Paul Farrell reports: Australia’s immigration department has announced the creation of a new taskforce to strengthen the handling of sensitive information following an embarrassing data breach involving the personal details of G20 world leaders. […] The immigration department has been involved in several other serious privacy breaches since 2012, including the disclosure of details of almost 10,000 people…
The Netherlands: new rules for cookies, data breaches and fines
Joke Bodewits of Hogan Lovells writes: Recently, new rules on cookies (all links in Dutch) came into force in the Netherlands. In addition, the Dutch Second Chamber approved a draft bill to introduce a mandatory data breach notification requirement and to strengthen the Dutch Data Protection Authority’s investigative and fining powers. The new rules apply to all companies acting…
Kazakhstan Government Sues 100 “Does” Over Hack
Mike Heuer of Courthouse News reports that a lawsuit has been filed in Santa Clara County Court against Does over the hack of Kazakhstan government emails. You can read more here. This appears to be the second suit the government has filed.
Ontario’s sole health privacy prosecution quietly dismissed
Olivia Carville reports: The first person ever prosecuted under Ontario’s health privacy law for allegedly prying into almost 6,000 patient records no longer faces charges because of the “curious” way the Crown handled the case, a court has ruled. Against a backdrop of growing calls for more prosecutions under this law, the potentially precedent-setting case…
ZW: Raid on newsroom justified: Nyambirai
Nehanda Radio reports: The legal counsel for Econet Wireless’ banking subsidiary Steward Bank, Tawanda Nyambirai, says Thursday’s raid on online news agency, The Source, was justified. Nyambirai, together with Steward Bank’s acting chief executive officer, Lance Mambondiani, addressed a chaotic Press conference on the complex matter in Harare yesterday — that pits the right of…