Monica Scott reports: A Wyoming teen could sue her teacher for invading her privacy after the instructor wrote an inappropriate tweet about the student’s medical and academic information that led to the teacher receiving a 13-day unpaid suspension, according to Nelson Miller, associate dean for West Michigan University Cooley Law School in Grand Rapids. “I’m sure the…
Category: Breaches
Pakistani researcher reveals privacy flaw in Android browsers
Dawn.com reports: As many as 75 per cent of Android devices and millions of users could have been affected by a glitch had it not been for Pakistani security researcher Rafay Baloch. According to media reports, Baloch helped Google identify the threat — dubbed a “privacy disaster” — in its Android Open Source Platform (AOSP)…
Privacy breach riles New Zealand house-hunters
Susan Strongman reports: House-hunters attending open homes have had their personal details passed on to marketing companies without their permission, sparking a warning from the Privacy Commissioner. In one case, an Auckland woman was called by a financial services company after viewing a house being sold by LJ Hooker in Blockhouse Bay last weekend. “She…
SD: Ex-fire division chief charged with hacking documents
John Hult reports: A former Sioux Falls Fire Rescue division chief is facing felony computer hacking charges for accessing internal fire department documents, including emails involving the president of the local firefighters union. Patrick Eugene Warren, 47, is charged with 10 felony and five misdemeanor counts of unlawful use of a computer for offenses between…