Information and Privacy Commissioner Elizabeth Denham has released a report assessing the privacy and security of BC Hydro’s smart meters. “It is clear from my investigation that BC Hydro is taking privacy and security seriously as it develops a framework for the implementation of smart meters and a smart grid,” said Commissioner Denham. “But there…
Category: Breaches
AU: Closed court privacy for man who “up-skirted” victims at a shopping mall
Sean Fewster reports that a defendant in an “up-skirting” case got more privacy than he gave his victims. Instead of holding the sentencing in an open courtroom, an Adelaide magistrate reportedly closed the hearing. Because the media wasn’t allowed to attend, it’s not clear what the magistrate’s reasons were for closing the proceeding at which…
AU: Facebook pic on Seven not privacy breach
BigPond News reports that Brisbane station STQ7 did not violate the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) privacy rules when it showed pictures of a murdered woman’s family last November. The pictures had been taken from a public-facing Facebook page that had been created as a tribute page and ACMA found that “due to the…
In Push For Data, Schools Expose Students To Identity Theft
Over on Huffington Post, Gerry Smith is singing my tune about the education sector in terms of data security exposing students to the risk of identity theft. Here’s a snippet: But the U.S. Department of Education has warned schools not to use students’ Social Security numbers in their databases, urging them instead to create other unique…