Warning: The news report linked below may be triggering for some people. Max Stephens reports: A priest under investigation for historic sexual offences against children was able to take part in funeral services because of “data protection rules”, a former colleague has said. Rev Canon Timothy Biles, 89, was sentenced to six years imprisonment on…
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Massachusett’s Supreme Judicial Court tosses warrantless secret video recording
by Jennifer Smith, CommonWealth Beacon December 4, 2024 Tthrew cold water on police use of a popular covert recording technology, ruling unanimously over Thanksgiving week that cell phone video taken of a suspect during a drug investigation without a warrant violates Massachusetts’ 1968 wiretap law. Massachusetts has one of the strictest anti-wiretap laws in the…
National Public Data’s response to an opt-out request
Last night, DataBreaches received an alert from Experian Identity Works that my Social Security number had shown up in its dark web surveillance. There were three entries where it had shown up last week. All three related to the massive National Public Data breach and leak. But looking at the three entries, I noted that…
From the “No good deed shall go unpunished and why is Facebook getting away with this” edition….
“JLT” is not happy with Facebook. Not at all. The independent researcher from the EU contacted me to ask, “Hey I just found out something and you know way more than me about US law so maybe you can help me with this: isn’t it illegal for a company to not allow you to unsubscribe…