Malaika Fraley and Matthias Gafni A Dublin-based CHP officer has resigned from the agency and was charged Friday with two felonies for allegedly secretly forwarding himself explicit photos from female arrestees’ phones and then sharing the images with colleagues. Officer Sean Harrington, 35, of Martinez, faces up to three years and eight months in prison…
Category: Breaches
Alaska National Guard members sue Army over privacy breach
Grace Jang reports: Four Alaska National Guard members have sued the U.S. Army, saying their privacy was violated when classified military documents were leaked. They are now on the hunt for the sources of the leaks. Those documents were leaked to media organizations, including Channel 2 News, but KTUU did not report the names. However,…
Should the FTC Be Regulating Privacy and Data Security?
Daniel Solove and Woodrow Hartzog write: This past Tuesday the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a complaint against AT&T for allegedly throttling the Internet of its customers even though they paid for unlimited data plans. This complaint was surprising for many, who thought the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) was the agency that handled such telecommunications issues. Is…
Does the FCC Have FTC Envy?
Jedidiah Bracy writes: It’s been a busy week for the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC). On Monday, the FCC announced its largest enforcement action to date by hitting TerraCom and its affiliate YourTel America with a $10 million fine for poor data security practices. That’s not chump change. Plus, the previous “largest enforcement action” for the agency only…