Elaine Edwards reports on a breach case I previously noted on DataBreaches.net: Two private investigators have appeared in court charged with allegedly ‘blagging’ personal information on a number of individuals from both the Department of Social Protection and the HSE nd with passing it to credit unions. Margaret Stuart (56) and Wendy Martin< (45), both directors of MCK…
Category: Breaches
Celebrity nude pics hacking turns into child porn case over Maroney pictures
Charles Arthur reports: Investigations into the targeted hacking of celebrities’ iPhone accounts have turned into a child abuse case after it emerged that the US Olympic gymnast McKayla Maroney, one of the alleged victims, was under 18 at the time some nude photos were taken. Under US and other laws, it is illegal to own…
Can and Should Perez Hilton Be Held Liable for Reposting Celebrities’ Private Nude Photos Without their Consent?
Law professors Danielle Citron and Neil Richards write: … Can Lawrence (and any other individual whose sexual privacy has been egregiously invaded) sue Perez Hilton, the “Fappening” posters and anyone else who reposted her nude photos without her permission? And what about the First Amendment? Assuming Lawrence took the photos herself, she could sue both the…
AU: Law Reform Commission seeks right to sue for victims of privacy violations
Paul Farrell reports: Victims of misuses of private information and intrusions into private space in Australia should have a right to sue for violations of privacy, a major report from the Australian Law Reform Commission says. In a report released on Wednesday the commission recommended the federal government should introduce a right to sue for major…