The New Jersey Star-Ledger, which has been all over the Dharun Ravi case, has a follow-up today on how this case and conviction will be a “game changer:” “It’s a cautionary tale,” said Jenny Carroll, a professor of criminal law at Seton Hall Law School. “Behavior that used to be considered the norm, or acceptable,…
Category: Breaches
Cn: Police look into firm’s database of private info
We may have a new “largest breach ever” if a report out of Shanghai is confirmed. Xu Chi reports: Shanghai police are investigating a local company that reportedly illegally collected private information of more than 150 million residents that they sell to clients for cold calling and other product promotions. Shanghai-based Roadway D&B Co caught police and…
French court awards Google France €1,200 in legal fees, tosses lawsuit over Street View image showing man peeing in his yard
The Connexion reports that a man who sued Google in France after Street View captured him peeing in his yard has lost his lawsuit: Despite losing his case in court, the man snapped peeing in his back yard by Google Street View has won a victory as the internet giant has withdrawn his picture from…
Hacktivists <3 Data Brokers
Privacy advocates have often complained about data brokers and how information is too readily available without our consent or even the right to opt-out. Now it’s becoming increasingly clear that our headache may be a hacktivist’s wet dream. One of the popular tactics of hacktivists is to “d0x” public or private figures whose conduct they…