UK Apple users attempting to sue Google over nonconsensual cookies placed in Safari are getting serious pushback from Google. The giant claims it is exempt from UK privacy laws. Caroline Donnelly reports: That’s according to UK law firm Olswang, who is representing a group of UK Apple users who have accused the search giant of…
Category: Breaches
Security Clearance Jobs Lost—Paying A Sky High Price For Identity Theft
Sometimes we need a reminder as to the costs of ID theft to the victims. I’m referring to the real victims – not the companies or agencies that were the custodians of our information but failed to protect it adequately, but those whose lives are disrupted in long-lasting ways because there identity information has been…
NSA broke privacy rules thousands of times per year, audit finds
Barton Gellman reports: The National Security Agency has broken privacy rules or overstepped its legal authority thousands of times each year since Congress granted the agency broad new powers in 2008, according to an internal audit and other top-secret documents. Most of the infractions involve unauthorized surveillance of Americans or foreign intelligence targets in the United States,…
UK: Probation officer prosecuted for leaking victim’s details to alleged culprit
A probation officer who revealed a domestic abuse victim’s new address to the alleged perpetrator has been fined £150 following a prosecution bought by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). Victoria Idowu claimed that she provided the victim’s full name, new address and date of birth, along with the details of the investigating officer, as she…