Jessica Porter reports: A shocked couple have been sent another family’s confidential details about access to their five-year-old and seven-year-old children. Fred Dobbinson and Carol Bleasdale, of Melrose Cresent, Seaham, were sent the documents along with Fred’s divorce papers. […] The papers from the court house, in John Street, Sunderland, discuss supervised visits which could…
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UK: Sniper sues Army over error which put him in danger of being kidnapped by al-Qaeda
Sean Rayment reports: An Army sniper is suing the Ministry of Defence over a “catastrophic error” which put him and his family in danger of being kidnapped by al-Qaeda. Police feared the soldier and his family could face retaliatory attacks by British-based Islamists after it was disclosed to the media that he had shot dead…
Ca: Tax collector may have used confidential files for business leads
Chad Skelton reports: A tax collector in B.C. used the Canada Revenue Agency’s computers to look up the private tax files of hundreds of high-income individuals, apparently in the hopes of hitting them up for a business she ran on the side, according to internal government documents. The CRA’s internal investigation report, obtained by the…
Citi plugs privacy hole in iPhone banking app
Elinor Mills reports: Citibank has fixed a flaw in its iPhone app that was inadvertently storing customer account data on the mobile devices, the company said on Monday. “During a recent review, we discovered that our U.S. Citi Mobile iPhone banking app was accidentally saving information related to customer accounts in a hidden file on…