Courthouse News reports: A couple says Kaiser disclosed confidential birth records to an adopted child who was searching for his birth parents. The plaintiffs, using pseudonyms, said James Ingraffia showed up on their doorstep, claiming to be their son. The birth parents say this clued them in that Kaiser had given their birth son confidential,…
Category: Breaches
AU Privacy complaint: Wentworthville Leagues Club gambling records (updated)
From Langes: In ‘D’ and Wentworthville Leagues Club [2011] AICmr 9 the Australian Privacy Commissioner determined that the Club interfered with the complainant’s privacy by disclosing the complainant’s membership details and gaming information to the complainant’s ex-partner. The Club was ordered to apologise in writing to the complainant, review its training of staff in the handling of personal…
When Computer Misuse Becomes a Crime
Ginny LaRoe has a helpful article on the upcoming rehearing en banc of United States v. Nosal , a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals case that asks whether violating an employer’s computer use policy is a violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, a law that started life as an anti-hacking statute. A few…
Defendant in Rutgers gay snooping case rejects no-jail plea deal
Associated Press reports: Prosecutors offered the former Rutgers student accused of using a webcam to spy on his roommate’s intimate encounter with another man a plea deal that would have kept him out of prison and sought to prevent his deportation. But on Friday, Dharun Ravi’s lawyer told a judge that he would not take…