Amanda Crum reports: The Applebee’s waitress who posted a customer’s check on Reddit because of a note explaining why there was no tip has been fired, and the company has posted a lengthy explanation of the story and their decision on Facebook. The waitress, identified as Chelsea, says she thought it was funny when she…
Category: Breaches
Ponemon Survey: 2012 Most Trusted Companies for Privacy
From their Executive Summary: Ponemon Institute’s Most Trusted Companies for Privacy Study is an objective study that asks consumers to name and rate organizations they believe are most committed to protecting the privacy of their personal information. This annual study tracks consumers’ rankings of organizations that collect and manage their personal information. More than 100,000…
A Few Things about E-FERPA
Steven J. McDonald is General Counsel at Rhode Island School of Design and previously served as Associate Legal Counsel at The Ohio State University. On Data Privacy Day, he wrote a post on EDUCAUSE on FERPA that unintentionally demonstrates how imprecise standards are for data security and protection of student records. For example, he writes:…
WhatsApp messaging breached privacy laws in two countries: authorities
AFP reports: WhatsApp’s mobile messaging service used by hundreds of millions of customers worldwide breached privacy laws in at least two countries, a joint Canadian-Dutch probe concluded Monday. The California-based mobile app developer violated “certain internationally accepted privacy principles, mainly in relation to the retention, safeguard, and disclosure of personal data,” Canada’s privacy commissioner and…