Michael Van Cassell of the Wyoming Tribune Eagle reports a mixed reaction to a rule change by the Wyoming Supreme Court that will require clerks to redact some personal information in court records before releasing the records to the public. According to the report, financial and Social Security numbers, birth dates, home addresses and the…
Category: Breaches
UK: NUJ condemns PCC phone-hacking investigation
Oliver Luft reports: The National Union of Journalists has become the latest organisation to criticise the Press Complaints Commission’s inquiry into alleged phone hacking by the News of the World. Delegates attending the union’s annual policy-making conference this weekend passed a motion condemning the PCC for its “failure to mount a proper investigation into the…
Humboldt suspends police chief as DCI starts probe
Tom Barton reports: Humboldt’s police chief has been suspended over allegations that he improperly used driver’s license and criminal history information available only to law enforcement officials. City Administrator Lorie Bennett on Friday confirmed that state crime agents have launched an investigation of Police Chief Matthew Dominick, who was suspended Monday for up to 30…
Wheat board couldn’t explain why they shared personal info
Steve Rennie reports: The Canadian Wheat Board, apparently for no reason, shared “sensitive information” about farmers with companies that handle grain, says a newly released document. An internal audit completed last year says the wheat board couldn’t explain why it sent farmers’ “confidential personal financial data” to the taxman and so-called handling agents. “The CWB…