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.
Category: Non-U.S.
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…
UK: ICO to make enquiries about sale of pension data
From the ICO: Allegations have been made about firms passing on sensitive financial data, including pension information, which is being used by cold calling companies. An ICO spokesperson said: “We’re aware of allegations raised against several companies involved in the cold calling sector, and will be making enquiries to establish whether there have been any…
Personal details of world leaders accidentally revealed by G20 organizers
And once again, a freedom of information request uncovers a breach. Paul Farrell reports: The personal details of world leaders at the last G20 summit were accidentally disclosed by the Australian immigration department, which did not consider it necessary to inform those world leaders of the privacy breach. The Guardian can reveal an employee of the agency…
UK: Serious Fraud Office fined after “astounding” data protection breach
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined the Serious Fraud Office £180,000 after a witness in a serious fraud, bribery and corruption investigation was mistakenly sent evidence relating to 64 other people involved in the case. The Serious Fraud Office’s investigation focused on allegations that senior executives at BAE Systems had received payments, including two properties worth…