Ruth Lamperd reports: Telstra is under fire for a serious privacy breach after a Melbourne man’s personal contact list ended up on another man’s brand new iPhone. Nathan Fallon was given an iPhone as a gift two days before Christmas and was shocked to find it already contained 182 contact names and numbers. Staff at…
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The Curious Case of Courtney Love’s Credit Cards
Eva Norlyk Smith, Ph.D. writes: In a real-life mystery that would have even Robert Downing Jr.’s indomitable Sherlock Holmes scratching his head, American Express is suing pop singer Courtney Love for $352K in charges to credit cards issued in her name. Love, in turn, is countersuing American Express, claiming that she never made the charges,…
TSA nominee Southers misused criminal database years ago — documents
Robert O’Harrow Jr. reports: The White House nominee to lead the Transportation Security Administration gave Congress misleading information about incidents in which he inappropriately accessed a federal database, possibly in violation of privacy laws, documents obtained by The Washington Post show. The disclosure comes as pressure builds from Democrats on Capitol Hill for quick January…
Taking naked pictures of sleeping teen not a crime: Swedish court
A court in Halmstad on the southwest coast of Sweden has dismissed charges against a man who reportedly took a photo of a 17-year-old girl’s genitals while she was sleeping. The court said that the incident was was not a punishable offense. The girl had laid down to sleep on a sofa during a New…