Nicola Mawson reports: Biometrics company Ideco has lashed back at reports that it stole the Department of Home Affairs’ database a few years ago. The company, listed on the JSE, was accused of having breached the home affairs fingerprint database when it digitised the system four years ago. […] The company’s biometric access control system,…
Category: Breaches
How a browser extension leaks Google history to Amazon
Rafe Needleman writes: A strange and scary incident while I was researching a story this week has led me to reconsider my recommendation of the Invisible Hand browser extension. This issue also serves to remind us that there are online privacy issues we all face from sites other than Facebook. As the video in this…
Video: Major Facebook security hole lets you view your friends’ live chats (Update 1)
Steve O’Hear writes: You’ve got to hand it to Facebook. They certainly know how to do security — not. Today I was tipped off that there is a major security flaw in the social networking site that, with just a few mouse clicks, enables any user to view the live chats of their ‘friends’. Using…
New breach notification requirements in effect in Canada
From the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Alberta: Amendments to the Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) were proclaimed in force on May 1, 2010, and added a new requirement for organizations to notify the Information and Privacy Commissioner of incidents “involving the loss of or unauthorized access to or disclosure of personal information where…