Seth Fiegerman reports: Better late than never. Reddit, the popular social news service, issued new digital privacy guidelines on Tuesday firmly prohibiting sexually explicit images posted without the user’s position. “No matter who you are, if a photograph, video, or digital image of you in a state of nudity, sexual excitement, or engaged in any act of…
Category: Breaches
KR: ‘E-mart, Lotte Mart sold consumer data’
Jung Min-ho reports: A civic group claimed Tuesday that E-mart and Lotte Mart illegally sold customers’ personal information to insurance firms alongside Home plus, which has already been accused of doing the same. In a complaint filed with the Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office, the Seoul YMCA said, “E-mart and Lotte Mart sold information on…
UK: Police heavily criticized over BBC’s coverage of raid on Sir Cliff Richard’s home
Press Association reports: An independent report into the controversial raid on Sir Cliff Richard’s home has found the pop star was caused “unnecessary distress” by live coverage which invaded his privacy. And according to the Daily Mail, which obtained the report under Freedom of Information laws, its author, former chief constable Andy Trotter, concluded the police…
So simple a child could do it (hack your car!)
Pete Bigelow reports: A 14-year-old boy may have forever changed the way the auto industry views cyber security. He was part of a group of high-school and college students that joined professional engineers, policy-makers and white-hat security experts for a five-day camp last July that addressed car-hacking threats. “This kid was 14, and he looked…