The Office of the Attorney General of New Jersey announced two printing companies agreed to pay $130,000 after mishandling of personal health information exposed the personal and sensitive health data of 55,715 New Jerseyans in 2016. Command Marketing Innovations and Strategic Content Imaging failed...

Information and Privacy Commissioner of Newfoundland and Labrador Michael Harvey published a report on complaints regarding potentially mishandled personal health information, concluding a disclosure happened but no further action was needed. A complainant reported improper disclosure and use of per...

The U.S. Department of Education determined the Gladstone School District in Oregon improperly disclosed students’ personally identifiable information in violation of national regulations, the Portland Tribune reports. A parent’s complaint filed under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act al...

The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California dismissed a proposed class action against Swiss game developer Miniclip and Apple claiming data was unlawfully collected from an application. The plaintiffs alleged a game app, 8 Ball Pool, accessed data copied to Apple's "Pasteboard" wi...

The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation took effect three years ago today, elevating awareness of privacy and data protection from boardrooms to living rooms and setting a standard for countries and jurisdictions around the world. “Broadly, it’s been really good. It’s been good for the privacy ...