Rene Beekman reports: Companies are continuing to collect more personal data than absolutely necessary, Bulgarian Commission for Personal Data Protection (CPDP) chairperson Veneta Shopova said. The practice of scanning or photo-copying ID documents was continuing, despite this being against Bulgarian law, Shopava said in an interview with Bulgarian news agency BTA. Among the companies that…
Category: Breaches
IL: Kane County judge dismisses ID theft case
Josh Stockinger reports: A Kane County judge dismissed identity theft charges against an Aurora woman this week after her attorney argued the state statute under which she was charged is unconstitutional. Claudia G. Madrigal, 33, had been accused of using her position at a Batavia insurance company to access another woman’s personal information in January…
CZ: Ministry’s web monitoring tool off to rocky start
Christian Falvey reports: The ministry’s has just unveiled a tool for internet users to report illegal material on the internet. In the four days it has been in operation though, the Red Button, as it’s called, may itself have come afoul of the law, reporting also its users’ personal data. Christian Falvey reports. The Human…
Prosecutors: ESPN reporter Erin Andrews’ stalker taped 16 other women, ran background checks
The Associated Press reports that prosecutors claims that sportscaster Erin Andrew’s stalker also breached other individuals’ privacy: The man who stalked ESPN reporter Erin Andrews and shot nude videos of her through a hotel room peephole videotaped 16 other women and ran background checks on 30 people, including female sports reporters and TV personalities, according…