Tom Livingstone reports: Western Australia Police are standing by a decision to access personal data from the state’s COVID-19 contact tracing app in their investigation into the assassination of former Rebels bikie boss, Nick Martin. WA Police Commissioner Chris Dawson told Nine Radio’s 6PR the investigators’ actions were lawful and he “expected officers to [Read More…]
Georgina Crouth reports: Discovery Health has come under fire from medical practitioners for unethically “clawing back” claims it had approved and paid, well past even the three-year common law prescription period. A medical aid fund must, in accordance with the Medical Schemes Act (MSA), query or dispute a claim within 30 days [Read More…]
Seen on EDPB: The Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) has imposed a fine of €15,000 on maintenance company CP&A for violations committed when processing the health data of sick employees. CP&A maintained a register of the causes of sick leave. In doing so, the company processed more health data than [Read More…]
When Joe Cadillic sent this along, I thought “I Would Rather Die Than Let Facebook Monitor My Heart Rate” was his comment to me. Then I realized it was the headline of a news story. In either event, I totally agree with it. Victoria Song writes: Facebook is reportedly developing [Read More…]