An East Yorkshire couple are calling for changes to be made after a police officer was caught snooping on them. Police Constable Mark Wicks, based in Hull, broke strict confidentiality rules by accessing information about Lee and Stephanie Bainbridge, of Yorklands, Driffield. It followed a boundary dispute between the Bainbridges and PC Wicks’ brother Paul…
Category: Breaches
Senate passes bill to limit access to SSN
Before they fled Washington early, the Senate managed to pass S.3789, the Social Security Number Protection Act of 2010. The bill, which had been introduced by Senator Feinstein, is designed to reduce identity theft and has two key provisions: (a) It prohibits governmental agencies from using individuals’ Social Security Numbers on any checks cut by the…
Higher Damages Possible in Prison Privacy Breach Lawsuit – Court
Courthouse News reports on the latest legal development in a lawsuit that started with a privacy breach in 2001 involving employees at the Federal Medical Center in Kentucky: Staff members at a prison hospital in Kentucky might be entitled to more than $1,000 each for the breach of privacy that occurred when a federal investigator…
Drip, drip, drip: your smartphone apps are leaking data
To follow up on the item I posted the other day about a new study showing that a lot of apps are leaking personal information: there have been a flurry of other news reports and comments on the findings. Here are some other places where the topic is being discussed: Out-Law.com: Study finds that apps…