Mary Pat Gallagher reports: Using a password-accessed workplace computer in violation of company rules or policies may get you disciplined, but it’s not enough to be prosecuted in New Jersey, says a Mercer County judge in a published case of first impression. Superior Court Judge Mitchel Ostrer threw out an indictment against Princeton Borough police…
Category: Breaches
Finnish police probe Google for privacy breach
AFP reports: Police in Raahe, some 600 kilometres (370 miles) north of Helsinki, began the investigation Thursday at the request of a man whose picture could been seen online on Google’s Street View maps, he said. “You can see a man sitting in a rocking chair,” detective sergeant Hannu Vainionpaeae told AFP. “He is wearing…
BA suspends cabin staff in Facebook row over list of strike-breaking pilots
Carolyn Davies reports: British Airways has suspended 15 flight attendants who wrote Facebook comments and sent private emails about a “name and shame” list of pilots who volunteered to help break any strike, the Guardian has learned. The airline has also demanded that unions reveal the identities of a further 32 members of the cabin…
UK: ICO launches new consultation on auditing notices
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has launched a consultation on a new draft code of practice which sets out the privacy watchdog’s proposed approach to using its new auditing powers due to come into effect in April 2010. The ICO will take a proportionate and risk-based approach to auditing, based on a range of intelligence…