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.
Category: Breaches
AG Zoeller files lawsuit against California telemarketer accused of robocalling, violating Do Not Call list
The following press release was issued on Monday: Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller is taking action against a telemarketer accused of calling Hoosiers registered on the state’s Do Not Call list and making illegal robocalls. A lawsuit has been filed against Peter Tolman of California, doing business as Leads Direct Marketing, for placing calls to…
The “Soft and Chewy Centers” That Put Your Data at Risk
Tom Simonite reports: As corporations plow more data and money into cloud computing, criminals are following, and their digital hauls are getting bigger. This summer, for example, JPMorgan said that the accounts of 76 million U.S. households and seven million businesses had been accessed without authorization. A well-funded startup launching today, called Illumio, claims that its…
Librarians Are Dedicated to User Privacy. The Tech They Have to Use Is Not.
April Glaser and Alison Macrina report: Adobe has made it extremely easy for unwanted eyes to read over the shoulders of library patrons. Earlier this month reports surfaced about how Adobe’s Digital Editions e-book software collects and transmits information about readers in plain text.* That insecure transmission allows the government, corporations, or potential hackers to intercept information…