Markus Mannheim reports: Almost 600 federal bureaucrats breached their professional code of conduct last year. The latest State of the Service report, issued yesterday, shows misusing the internet and improperly accessing private records remain the most common violations of the Public Service Act. Government agencies carried out 970 investigations in 2009-10, of which three in…
Category: Breaches
Toronto strippers say photos invaded privacy
The Canadian Press reports: A group of strippers and their waitress colleagues who met on the roof for their breaks have found out their hideaway wasn’t as private as they thought. Women working at the Zanzibar Tavern, a strip club in Toronto, believed no one could see them when they popped out for a cigarette…
Former Sprint-Nextel employee sentenced for improper disclosure of phone records to cocaine dealer
Amy Quesnel, 29, of Georgia, Vermont was sentenced yesterday to six months imprisonment to be followed by four months of home detention. Quesnel had previously pled guilty to a violation of the Telephone Records Privacy Protection Act, which carries a maximum sentence of ten years imprisonment and a $250,000 fine. U.S. Attorney Coffin stated that…
Teen avoids criminal record for ‘humiliating’ secret sex tape
Daryl Slade reports: A teenager who subjected his girlfriend to what she called “the most horrifying degradation and humiliation I believe I will ever feel” by secretly taping them having sex will escape the stigma of a criminal record. The University of Alberta student pleaded guilty last month to voyeurism for using a friend’s webcam…