This is a follow-up to a case noted previously on DataBreaches.net. Paul Payne reports: Jurors on Thursday found a Santa Rosa man was not entitled to monetary damages from a neighbor he claimed used her position as a Sonoma County social worker to pry into his confidential files and embarrass him. The panel deliberated about a…
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Twitter Takes Steps To Combat Stolen Nudes And Revenge Porn
Charlie Warzel reports: Twitter is cracking down on the scourge of revenge porn with a series of updated rules in its privacy policy designed to make sure users don’t publish nude photos or post pictures of users engaging in sexual acts without the subject’s consent. […] As of 6 p.m. ET, Twitter has changed its rules to reflect…
Hubbard prosecutors say no privacy breach in documents that included bank account numbers
Mike Cason reports: Prosecutors in House Speaker Mike Hubbard’s ethics case responded to an accusation that they might have violated federal law by revealing bank account numbers in a recent court filing in Hubbard’s ethics case. Prosecutors said a federal law and federal court filing rules cited by Hubbard’s defense don’t apply in state court cases. Read…
Another revenge porn arrest
Via Adam Steinbaugh: Report Number: 14-11332 Location: Ventura, California Date & Time: 03/05/2015 / 1130 Hours Unit(s) Responsible: Sheriff’s Major Crimes Bureau (S)uspects, (V)ictims, (P)arty, (D)ecedent City of Residence(S)Andrew Jacob Parkin Ventura (V)Adult Female Ojai On March 03, 2015, Investigators with the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office Major Crimes Bureau arrested Andrew Parkin for distribution of…