Seth Roy reports: Newark police are investigating a report filed this week that alleges leaders of the new Eagle Wings Academy took student information from Excel Academy to contact school districts. On May 9, Marlene Jacob — former Excel director and current Eagle Wings director — sent letters to districts that contract with Excel about…
Category: Breaches
Court of Appeal Upholds Conviction for Hacking School Computers
An Internet user has no expectation of privacy with respect to identifying information he gives to the Internet Service Provider and lacks standing to challenge the provider’s compliance with a search warrant seeking the information, the Court of Appeal for this district ruled yesterday. Div. Six affirmed Vincent Stipo’s convictions for wiretapping and unlawfully accessing…
Android handsets ‘leak’ personal data
More than 99% of Android phones are potentially leaking data that, if stolen, could be used to get the information they store online. The data being leaked is typically used to get at web-based services such as Google Calendar. The discovery was made by German security researchers looking at how Android phones handle identification information….
AU: Does Ozhomevalue.com.au breach vendor’s privacy?
Ryan O’Grady writes: OzHomevalue is a Realestate.com.au owned website for property vendors providing them with sales data information in relation to the suburb where the vendor’s property is located. From their homepage: OzHomeValue provides a comprehensive property report to help find the value of your home. Try our easy to use, obligation free system and…