I seem to have missed this one, but Alan Duke reported a leak involving sensitive files in the Mel Gibson custody case. Not that I particularly care about Gibson or the case, but if the documents were leaked from courthouse personnel, that’s really of concern: The judge overseeing the Mel Gibson child custody case ordered…
Category: Breaches
AU: Internet and privacy head PS breaches
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…
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…