Adam Steinbaugh writes: Kevin Bollaert was sentenced by a San Diego court to 18 years in prison following his February conviction on twenty-seven counts of extortion and identity theft. Bollaert was the chief operator of YouGotPosted.com (later uGotPosted.com), which published the nude photos of over ten thousand men and women, almost uniformly without their permission. Bollaert, with…
Category: Breaches
Suit: Facebook facial recognition technology violates Illinois privacy laws
Tony Briscoe reports: A Cook County man is suing Facebook, alleging that the social media giant has violated Illinois privacy laws with facial recognition software that “secretly amassed the world’s largest privately held database of consumer biometrics data.” Carlo Licata claims in a lawsuit filed Wednesday in Cook County Circuit Court that Facebook has violated…
UK: Direct marketing calls result in £80,000 penalty
The Information Commissioner’s Office announced that it has issued a monetary penalty against Direct Assist Ltd, for making direct marketing calls without consumers’ consent. Between January 2013 and July 2014, the ICO and the Telephone Preference Service (TPS) registered 801 concerns about the Bolton-based company which offered access to solicitors for personal injury insurance claims….
NY: Clarkstown mom wants school trustee out over email leak
Mareesia Nicosia reports: A Clarkstown school district parent is calling on a Board of Education member to resign after officials said he wrongly forwarded her private email about concerns in her child’s school. The Board of Education held a special meeting Tuesday to investigate how Allison Jaynes’ email to board members, the superintendent and the…