Anne Côté writes: Alberta’s new Privacy Commissioner, Jill Clayton, has released a report on the first two years of mandatory privacy breach reporting in Alberta (the “Breach Report”). Under Alberta’s private sector privacy law, the Personal Information Protection Act (“PIPA”), a privacy breach that presents “a real risk of significant harm” must be reported to the Privacy…
Category: Breaches
FTC puts a well-needed halt to furtive data collection by DesignerWare snoop software
In May 2011, I started blogging my concerns about software called PC Rental Agent by DesignerWare, LLC. The software allowed remote surveillance and data collection on unsuspecting customers who had rented computers from some rent-to-own firms. The lawsuit against Aaron’s that made me aware of the issue did not garner as much media attention as…
Facebook Bug Exposing Users’ Private Messages On Timeline? New Glitch Reportedly Spotted (updated)
Catharine Smith reports: Have Facebook users discovered a bug that exposes private correspondences between friends on the social networking site? According to Metro France, non-public messages sent between 2007 and 2009 may be appearing publicly on some users Timelines. France’s Le Nouvel Observateur is also reporting that private correspondences from 2010, 2011 and 2012 are being affected,…
Princeton student charged with invasion of privacy
The Associated Press reports that a Princeton student woke up to find a man he met at a party taking nude pictures of him with his cellphone. The other man, also a Princeton student, has been charged with invasion of privacy in the case. Read more here.