Jeremy Hainsworth reports: A Vancouver-based HIV/AIDS organization is facing a class-action suit for breach of privacy after an alleged release of email addresses of 800 of its members via a September 2016 mass email. And, said a BC Supreme Court ruling released May 1, a staff member of Positive Living BC had warned the organization…
3 Germans Who Allegedly Operated Dark Web Marketplace with Over 1 Million Users Face U.S. Narcotics and Money Laundering Charges
As noted earlier today on this site, three people have been arrested in connection with the darknet marketplace called WallStreet Market. DOJ has issued a press release with more information: LOS ANGELES – Following a nearly two-year international investigation involving U.S. law enforcement and authorities in Germany and the Netherlands, federal prosecutors have charged three…
Michigan investigating the Inmediata breach
Michigan’s Attorney General is aware of the Inmediata breach and its incident response cock-up that has been reported on this site. People have been complaining here and some have called the state to complain. Remember that in addition to complaining to your state consumer protection bureau or state insurance department, you can also file a…
Double blow to dark web marketplaces: two sites seized, and WallStreet Market principals arrested
The following is a press release from Europol, issued today, about the seizure of the WallStreet Market, reported yesterday. But this press release also announces that three people involved in WSM were arrested in Germany. And in other news, a second market has also been seized: Silkkitie (known as the Valhalla Marketplace) was seized by…
United Arab Emirates: New law regulating data in the health sector
DLA Piper writes: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) federal government has issued Federal Law No. 2 of 2019 on the Use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Health Fields (“ICT Health Law”). The objectives of this law are to: ensure the optimal use of ICT in health fields; ensure safety and security of health…
New Requirements for FTC Data Security Settlements
Katherine E. Armstrong of Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP writes: Two of the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) most recent data security settlements include new requirements that go beyond previous data security settlements. The new provisions (1) require that a senior corporate officer provide to the FTC annual certifications of compliance and (2) specifically prohibit making…