Eric Chabrow writes: Make a donation to a charity, and the thanks you get could be exposure of your personally identifiable information. IRS Form 990, submitted annually by tax-exempt organizations, is a public document, unlike Form 1040 individual taxpayers file. Form 990 isn’t supposed to contain personally identifiable information, but some organizations include such data,…
Category: Breaches
Watching ‘Martha’: 50,000 affected by security camera privacy breach
Andrew Ramadge reports: Thousands of people all over the world could be watching Martha* get ready for bed right now. But Martha isn’t an entertainer. She’s an elderly woman, and she almost certainly doesn’t know that the inside of her home is being broadcast on the web. Martha – or more likely, one of her…
IKEA France admits spying on employees
Sometimes the allegations are true, despite initial denials. Reuters reports: The management of IKEA in France, where workers have sued the company for allegedly spying on employees, admitted on Friday that activities contravening its ethical standards had taken place and pledged to put a stop to them. Police searched the French headquarters of the Swedish…
Worker quits over allegations she breached celebrities’ privacy
A Virgin Atlantic employee has resigned amid allegations she passed on the flight details of eight celebrities to a paparazzi agency.The airline is looking into claims the woman handed the information to London-based Big Pictures and said it would “deeply regret” any concern caused to the passengers involved. Read more on Burton Mail.