Sam Biddle reports: The reasons to dislike Uber are as large and numerous as its paper valuation, but they all revolve around one central free market conceit: Uber never hides its contempt for you. The latest example comes from venture capitalist Peter Sims, whose ride was tracked to entertain guests at an Uber party. Read more on Kinja.
Category: Breaches
Frenchman in Court Over Dubai ‘Upskirt’ Pics
CairoScene reports: A Frenchman is facing a trial for taking upskirt photos of shoppers at a packed Dubai mall. Cops claim they found almost 300 sordid upskirt snaps after arresting the 39-year-old company manager at Dubai’s Mall of the Emirates in May last year. The seedy sex snooping first came to light when a 26-year-old…
EPIC Urges FTC to Investigate Maricopa County Community Colleges Data Breach
The following is cross-posted from DataBreaches.net, where you can find extensive coverage of a 2013 breach at Maricopa County Community Colleges District (MCCCD) that affected almost 2.5 million. Earlier this year, I reached out to the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), to encourage them to join DataBreaches.net in filing a complaint with the FTC concerning the massive…
Tesco’s Homeplus Investigated By South Korea Over Privacy Breach and Competition Rigging
Lianna Brinded reports: Tesco-owned Asian supermarket Homeplus is under investigation in South Korea after prosecutors accused the group’s managers for selling customers’ private information to insurance companies. South Korean authorities are also probing Homeplus for rigging a customer competition following allegations that employees rigged the results so friends would snap up the main prize of…