Former British MP George Galloway says he will sue the Canadian government, alleging it breached his privacy rights and branded him a terrorist when it told him last year that he would not be welcomed in Canada. […] In announcing that Galloway would not be welcome in Canada 18 months ago, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney…
Category: Breaches
JP: ‘Secure’ webcams not always safe / Improper Internet setup leaves images open to unauthorized viewers
Bolstered by advertisements with phrases such as “a sense of reassurance and safety,” an increasing number of password-protected Web cameras have been installed at places such as nursery schools and children’s playrooms in condominiums to let parents remotely monitor their children via personal computer or cell phone. Yet due to such factors as misconfiguring the…
Judging ourselves and not just the Rutgers students
To follow up on my previous blog entry about Tyler Clementi’s suicide, here are two pointers to some thoughtful discussions of the tragedy: Law professor and privacy scholar and author Dan Solove comments in, The Clementi Suicide and Invasion of Privacy on Concurring Opinions. Journalist and author Jeff Jarvis follows up on an interview he…
UK: Couple’s anger as police officer caught searching private data
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…