The graduate dean at the University of Missouri at Columbia mistakenly sent to a listserv for graduate students this week an e-mail reply that referred to what he perceived as a student’s “mental distress,” forcing him to follow up Thursday with a broad apology for the privacy breach. In the e-mail apologizing to Missouri’s grad…
Category: Breaches
Dilbert on businesses and privacy
Scott Adams is definitely on a roll this week. Here are the Dilbert strips from yesterday and today:
GA: Former Murray 911 dispatcher pleads guilty
Mark Millican reports: A Murray County 911 dispatcher who was fired for illegally tracing a vehicle license plate number while on duty pleaded guilty to felony computer invasion of privacy in Superior Court on Wednesday. Billie Jane Allen, 33, of 356 W. Walnut St., was arrested on June 15, 2009, by the Murray County Sheriff’s…
Complaint Alleges Facebook Shared Sensitive User Data With Advertisers
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…