Wendy Davis reports: A Facebook update earlier this year resulted in the disclosure of users’ names and sensitive information to advertisers, two social networking site members assert in new court papers. David Gould and Mike Robertson allege that from February until May, Facebook leaked a host of data about users who clicked on ads via…
Category: Breaches
OR: Man Stole Identity Of Kidnapped, Murdered Child
KPTV reports: A man who worked for years as an inspector with the Oregon Liquor Control Commission is facing new charges after being arraigned in U.S. District Court in Portland on Thursday. According to court documents, Doitchin Krasev faces charges of making a false statement on a passport application and aggravated identity theft. Police said…
Angry Republican Senators Fret over Koch Industries’ Privacy
Rayne Monday writes: This past week angry Republican senators demanded to know whether a senior official in the Obama administration had gone through the tax filings of an entity Politico characterized as a “privately held corporation run by some of the country’s biggest conservative political benefactors.” The firm was identified as Koch Industries. You may recognize…
Carswell fires two more 911 dispatchers
J.D. Summer reports: Two more Albany E-911 dispatchers have been terminated in lieu of an appeal to City Manager Alfred Lott for allegedly misusing the state’s criminal information database to look up confidential information on civilians, according to documents obtained by The Herald Monday. In response to a request using Georgia’s Open Records Act, the…