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Wednesday, March 09, 2005

Summaries of incidents cataloged on PIPEDA and Canadian Privacy Law

I've decided to keep my catalog of privacy incidents updated: Summaries of incidents cataloged on PIPEDA and Canadian Privacy Law. Stop by often, because I think I'll be adding to it regularly.

  • 200502 - Incident: Impostors obtain personal information on thousands of Americans - ChoicePoint Hacking Incident
  • 200502 - Incident: Personal data on nearly 25,000 subscribers leaked by Japanese Telco
  • 200502 - Incident: Bank of America loses data on 1.2 MILLION customers
  • 200503 - Incident: Personal information of 32,000 stolen from LexisNexis
  • 200503 - Incident: Shoe chain says customer data stolen

Last updated - 20050309

Posted by privacylawyer at 3/09/2005 11:02:00 pm
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