Here’s another example of where a privacy violation can cause emotional harm and distress. What a court will do with this, I have no idea, but see what you think. Ameet Sachdev reports: Dayanara Fernandez of Los Angeles says that when she walked into her room at the Hyatt in Deerfield this summer, she was…
Category: Breaches
Celebrity Data Breaches
Kashmir Hill reports: This week’s news of a U.S. State Department clerk snooping in passport records of celebrities is, sadly, a repeat story. Just two years ago, the State Department was embarrassed by the disclosure that workers had inappropriately accessed passport information of then-presidential candidates Barack Obama, Hilary Clinton and John McCain. To assess the…
Ca: Close those prying eyes at Veterans Affairs
Over on PHIprivacy.net, I’ve been covering a privacy breach involving the medical/psychiatric records of a veteran. The case has cause quite a stir in Canada with calls for additional measures and investigation. Here’s an editorial in today’s Globe and Mail: Sean Bruyea is a Canadian veteran of the Gulf War whose sensitive medical files…
Former FTC Employee Files Complaint Over Google Privacy (updated)
Jennifer Valentino-DeVries reports: A former Federal Trade Commission employee has filed a complaint with the agency accusing Google Inc. of not adequately protecting the privacy of consumers’ search queries. The complaint was filed September 6 by Christopher Soghoian, who worked until August as a technologist with the FTC’s Division of Privacy and Identity Protection. It…