As a follow-up to a breach reported in September, the Department of Justice has issued the following press release: PERRY BOOTH, IV, age 44, a resident of Gretna, Louisiana, was sentenced today in federal court by the Honorable Helen G. Berrigan to two (2) years probation and ordered to pay a $3,000 fine for Unauthorized…
Category: Breaches
An E-Book Buyer’s Guide to Privacy
Ed Bayley of EFF writes: As we count down to end of 2009, the emerging star of this year’s holiday shopping season is shaping up to be the electronic book reader (or e-reader). From Amazon’s Kindle to Barnes and Noble’s forthcoming Nook, e-readers are starting to transform how we buy and read books in the…
Levi’s tags: more than just your jeans
I’m confident that Levis.com is not the only web site of concern, but this case study suggests that the public really often has no clue how their information is being tracked or used: Dwyer, Catherine Ann, Behavioral Targeting: A Case Study of Consumer Tracking on Levis.com (August 6, 2009). Abstract: Behavioral targeting is an online…
Gloucester woman jailed in second ID theft case
Ever see a coffee mug or t-shirt with a sweet message about sisters being best friends? We probably won’t find any in one Gloucester family, where one sister has used her sister’s identity when charged with crimes – twice. Indeed, the very first sentence in the news report give s a clue that we’re not…