Kashmir Hill writes: Back in 2009, a woman, who we will call Jane Doe, was dating a Maryland college student named Christopher Scott, who we will call a gigantic jerk. Scott “manipulated [Doe] into making a video while they were having sex,” according to a police document via Smoking Gun. He shot it using the camera…
Category: Breaches
NJ: Grieving mother wants law to protect privacy of accident victims
Nora Muchanic of WPVI reports that a distraught New Jersey mother is fighting for legislation that would spare others the anguish she experienced when a first responder uploaded crash photos of her daughter’s accident online before she even knew that her daughter had been in a fatal crash. Cathy Bates, 40, was killed in a…
Oi, Canada! Botched police surveillance lands sensitive photos in wrong hands
Mona Mattei reports: Evidence from several serious RCMP files is in public hands after sloppy police work landed sensitive video images in the open. Photographs left in police cameras on Dion Nordick’s property in Grand Forks included images of a corpse, suicide note and the aftermath of a domestic dispute. RCMP at the Grand Forks…
Amazon, IMDB move to dismiss complaint about revealing actress’s birthdate
Not surprisingly, lawyers for Amazon and IMDB have moved to dismiss a lawsuit filed by an actress because IMDB revealed her birthdate on her profile, which she alleges constituted misuse of her private information and breach of their stated terms about how they use information. Gene Johnson of Associated Press reports that the defendants’ response,…