Hili Perlson writes: A Supreme Court ruling in favor of photographer Arne Svenson brings troubling news for privacy advocates (already distraught by Edward Snowden’s Smashed Laptop Displayed at the V&A). When his show “The Neighbors” opened at Julie Saul Gallery in 2013, it was met with outrage, followed by legal action. Svenson had been taking pictures of New York residents inside…
Category: Breaches
Couple sues Georgia sperm bank, claims donor wasn’t as advertised
Okay, this court case is going to be fascinating to a lot of people for different reasons, but I’m including mention of it on PogoWasRight.org because the sperm bank in question, Xytex Corp., allegedly accidentally disclosed the sperm donor’s name to the couple. Xytex’s current donor confidentiality policy says: …. at the present time you must be…
TX: ‘New Deal’ leader leaks VP’s GPA: FERPA breach?
The Houstonian is the student newspaper of Sam Houston State University. One of their reporters, Jay R. Jordan, reported a possible privacy leak involving the student government: Allegations of FERPA law violations erupted after student government Senator Troy Ross included SGA Vice President Brooke Hunter’s GPA in an appeal to the SGA Supreme Court but refused…
South Korea Strengthens Security Measures for Personal Information
Cynthia O’Donoghue writes: South Korea’s Ministry of Government Administration and Home Affairs issued an amended version of the Standards of Personal Information Security Measures (the ‘Standards’). These Standards seek to close loopholes and inadequacies in the South Korean data protection law, and to counter the growing number of data breaches, especially those arising from use…