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…
Category: Breaches
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…
HK: Two banks breach data privacy laws
Damon Pang reports: The Privacy Commission says that Hang Seng Bank and CITIC Bank have breached data protection laws. An investigation revealed CITIC transferred personal information on 150,000 clients to three insurance companies for direct marketing purposes, without their consent. Hang Seng was also found to have planned to keep data on bankruptcies for 99…