Cristina Rendon reports: A Dublin-area California Highway Patrol officer is under investigation for allegedly sending nude photos of a DUI suspect from her cellphone to his own phone while the young woman was in custody, court records show. An investigator from the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office is recommending that 35-year-old CHP Officer Sean…
Category: Breaches
Adobe Discovers Encryption, Cuts Back On Its eBook Snooping A Bit
Mike Masnick writes: … A few weeks ago, Nate Hoffelder discovered that Adobe’s ebook reader, Digital Editions 4, was spying on your ebooks, collecting a ton of information about them, and then uploading it all to Adobe’s servers in an unencrypted format, potentially revealing a lot of information about users of the product. Adobe came out with a ridiculously…
FCC jumps into data security; plans $10 million fine for carriers that breached consumer privacy
This is an unofficial announcement of Commission action. Release of the full text of a Commission order constitutes official action. See MCI v. FCC. 515 F 2d 385 (D.C. Cir. 1974). FCC PLANS $10 MILLION FINE FOR CARRIERS THAT BREACHED CONSUMER PRIVACY TerraCom and YourTel Allegedly Stored Customers’ Personal Information Online in a Format Accessible…
AU: OAIC privacy complaints pass 4,000
Aimee Chanthadavong reports: More than 4,000 privacy complaints were lodged with the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) during the financial year ending June 2014, with the 183 percent surge largely the result of the new privacy laws. Read more on ZDNet.