Amanda Scheffler reports: Erin Andrews naked peep hole photos were posted online this week by a website titled “The Dirty.” Andrews, an ESPN employee and former “Dancing With The Stars” contestant is seen nude in the photos, which are a bit censored, leaving little to the imagination. The Dirty, ran by Nik Richie posted over…
Category: Breaches
Fact or Fiction: Child Identity Theft
From the ITRC: Fiction 1: Child identity theft is a new crime. Fact: This egregious crime has been happening for decades. Even before the IRS required that children be assigned a Social Security Number (SSN) for tax tracking purposes, people have stolen the identity of children to create a “new life” for themselves. It is…
WARNING: Facebook Now Makes It Dangerous To Lose Your Cell Phone & Easy to Have Your Identity Stolen
Peter Bordes writes: Note to self : DISONNECT FACEBOOK MOBILE IMMEDIATELY AFTER LOSING YOUR CELL PHONE! Just caught this big item that seemed to be lost in a Facebook announcement post. Luckily, it was picked up on the ValleyWagradar screen, and for good reason. Facebook’s new security feature just made losing your cell phone extremely dangerous. Facebook launched…
HK’s Octopus violated data protection principles
Andy Lau updates us on the Octopus breach: Octopus Rewards Limited violated the principles of personal data protection by collecting and using customers’ personal data under the Octopus Rewards Program, Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data Allan Chiang said on Monday. In his investigation report on the issue, Chiang said the company collected excessive and unnecessary…