From EPIC: EPIC filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the Federal Trade Commission over the agency’s failure to disclose to EPIC information about the FTC’s decision to end the Google Spy-Fi investigation. EPIC is specifically seeking documents that the FTC widely circulated to members of Congress and their staff that provide the basis for the…
Category: Breaches
UK: Wychavon council’s National Insurance data breach probe
BBC reports on a situation where once again, some folks think that sunshine laws require them to expose personally identifiable information: Worcestershire council has revealed the National Insurance number, date of birth, signature and mobile number of someone applying for an events licence. Wychavon District Council published the information on its website in March as…
Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia orders insurance company to stop collecting personal information
VICTORIA — In an order released on May 6, the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner ruled that Economical Mutual Insurance Company must stop collecting and using credit scores until it provides customers with appropriate notification as required by the Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA). A man complained that Economical had collected his credit…
Symantec says Facebook site leaked information
Robert McMillan reports: A programming bug on Facebook’s website may have accidentally given advertisers and others access to a treasure trove of personal information, according to security researchers at Symantec. They posted details of the issue Tuesday, saying it may have affected nearly 100,000 Facebook applications for years now. Read more on Computerworld. Over on Facebook’s…