Haneen Dajani reports: The Appeals Court has ordered the immediate release of three government officials accused of breaching privacy by placing CCTV cameras in a women’s customer service centre in Al Ain. On Wednesday morning the Appeals Court, which was considering whether or not to refer the case to Al Ain Misdemeanor Court, decided that the defendants…
Category: Breaches
Judge permanently shuts down cellphone spyware app
AP reports: A federal judge has permanently shut down a cellphone spyware app called “StealthGenie” that exposed targets to having their calls and emails monitored without their knowledge. Judge Leonie (LAY-uh-nee) Brinkema in Alexandria issued a permanent injunction shutting down StealthGenie on Tuesday. That follows a temporary injunction issued last year. Read more on WTOP.
Admissibility of Austrian Student’s Facebook Class Action Lawsuit to Be Considered by Court
AFP reports: An Austrian court on Monday agreed to consider a class action lawsuit by 25,000 people against Facebook for alleged violations of their privacy. “The hearing on April 9 will consider the admissibility of the lawsuit,” Beatrix Engelmann, a spokeswoman for the Vienna regional court for civil matters, told AFP. The lawsuit was first filed…
Wyoming Senate committee tackles data privacy bills
Wow. The Wyoming Senate has really been busy considering a number of data breach and privacy bills. James Chilton reports: Legislators began discussing Thursday two bills designed to force businesses affected by data breaches to inform consumers and respond in specific ways. Senate Files 35 and 36 aim to create new, 21st century definitions of…