Joanna Chiu reports: Legal concerns have been raised that award-winning German photographer Michael Wolf violated the privacy of Hong Kong residents with his new series, “Window Watching”, in which he used a telephoto zoom lens to photograph people through their high-rise apartment windows. The snapshots capture intimate moments in cramped flats. They show a woman…
Category: Breaches
Questions arise over possible release of Ryerson student’s information
FERPA protects the privacy of students in the U.S. FIPPA protects the privacy of students in Canada. They have a lot in common, as this report from the Canadian University Press indicates: The registrar’s office at Ryerson University could have violated Ontario’s privacy legislation if it released the name and program of student Alaa Hejazi…
Another week, another breach involving Minnesota’s drivers license database
Yes, seriously. Matt Sepic of Minnesota Public Radio reports: The Department of Natural Resources is notifying about 5,000 Minnesotans that an employee improperly accessed their driving and motor vehicle records. The Bureau of Criminal Apprehension investigated and the employee allegedly involved no longer works for the department, DNR spokesman Chris Niskane said. He could not…
Are opened e-mails left on a cloud service in “electronic storage” for “backup purposes?” Will SCOTUS decide?
What do you mean by e-mail being “in electronic storage” and what do you mean by “for backup protection?” Will SCOTUS agree to hear a case on the Stored Communications Act? Back in 2010, I noted a ruling by the South Carolina Court of Appeals in Jennings v. Jennings,. In that case, Holly Broome, Gail…