A letting agent who unlawfully tried to obtain details about a tenant’s finances from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been found guilty of an attempt to commit an offence under section 55 of the Data Protection Act and the Criminal Attempts Act. Pinchas Braun, of Tottenham, was fined £200 and ordered to…
Category: Breaches
Two lawyers sue Facebook over alleged privacy violations
Steve Lash reports that more lawsuits have piled on in the Facebook tracking matter: Two renowned Baltimore plaintiffs’ attorneys have filed a class-action lawsuit against Facebook Inc., claiming that the world’s most popular social networking website has violated federal and California laws designed to protect the privacy of consumers. William H. “Billy” Murphy Jr. and…
Attorneys General Challenge Google On New Privacy Policy
Attorney General George Jepsen joined with attorneys general of 36 states and territories yesterday in raising strong concerns about a new privacy policy by Google, Inc., scheduled to take effect March 1 for all users of Google products and services. Under the new privacy policy, Google gives itself the freedom to combine users’ personal information…
UK: NOTW Computer Hacker Revealed
Philip Campbell Smith, the man at the centre of the News of the World (NOTW) computer hacking allegations, has been convicted of conspiring to illegally access private information for profit. Legal restrictions around Smith’s involvement were lifted yesterday revealing he allegedly hacked the computer of Ian Hurst, a former British Army intelligence officer, in 2006…