The Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data in Hong Kong launched an investigation into a data breach that was reported by Harbour Plaza Hotel management 9 Feb., GovInfoSecurity reports. The breach affected 1.2 million customers of the Harbour Plaza Hotel chain.
Full Story
shareShare This
Related Stories
OPC testifies on privacy in emergency declarations
Privacy Commissioner of Canada Philippe Dufresne wrote to the House of Commons Special Joint Committee on the Declaration of Emergency regarding privacy principles in instances of state of emergency declarations. Dufresne said public entities "must continue to operate under lawful authority and act ...
OPC's Home Depot findings bring class-action lawsuit
A Saskatchewan-based attorney filed a class-action lawsuit against Home Depot related to alleged privacy violations discovered by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, CTV News reports. An OPC investigation found the retailer improperly shared customer data with Meta's Facebook through d...
Notes from the Asia-Pacific region, 3 Feb. 2023
Hello!
On 26 Jan., India rang in its 74th Republic Day – a day that marks the adoption of the Constitution of India. Celebrated with a lot of pomp and grandeur across the country, the day reinforces our fundamental rights and freedoms guaranteed under the constitution.
Any talk of fundamental righ...
India's digital lending rules enhance privacy in peer-to-peer lending
The growth of India’s digital lending industry has created a trade-off between quick access to loans with higher interest rates for creditors and lack of transparency and security to lenders’ financial identity, EY Global Delivery Services Senior Cyber Security Consultant Rishi Wadhwa, CIPP/E, write...
Infographic: Timeline of Australia's privacy regulatory scheme development
Australia's passing of the Privacy Legislation Amendment Bill in November 2022 was a major upgrade to the country’s landmark federal privacy bill, originally passed in 1988. Motivation to pass the amendment was largely driven by largescale data breaches of telecommunications company Optus and health...
Comments
If you want to comment on this post, you need to login.