Bruce Schneier’s blog points us to a recent article by Penica Cortez and David Hay. Here’s the Abstract: This paper reports an exploratory study of privacy breaches in the U.S. from 2005-2011 to explore potential benefits of data privacy auditing. Privacy auditing is a mechanism to help organisations to be vigilant in protecting information privacy,…
Category: Breaches
Shocking breach of privacy, says India’s National Commission for Women
Bindu Shajan Perappadan reports: Calling it a “shocking breach of women’s privacy”, the National Commission for Women (NCW) has issued a show cause notice to the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) while taking cognisance of news reports of CCTV footage of some Delhi Metro passengers getting intimate being leaked and uploaded on pornographic websites. It…
NYC cases reveal police abuse of FBI database (CORRECTED)
Tom Hays reports: It’s billed by the FBI as “the lifeline of law enforcement” — a federal database used to catch criminals, recover stolen property and even identify terrorism suspects. But authorities say Edwin Vargas logged onto the restricted system and ran names for reasons that had nothing to do with his duties as a…
American Farm Bureau Federation Files Suit Against EPA to Protect Farmers’ Privacy
From AFBF: Protecting farmers’ and ranchers’ right to privacy is a top priority, said the American Farm Bureau Federation, which took legal action today to stop the Environmental Protection Agency from publicly releasing personal information about thousands of farmers and ranchers and their families. EPA is expected to respond to several Freedom of Information Act…