Bozeman city leaders have decided to suspend City Manager Chris Kukulski over former hiring practices that asked applicants for login and password information to social networking sites. City commissioners went into executive session before announcing their decision that Kukulski will be suspended for one week sometime in the next 30 days. The city manager said…
Category: Breaches
T-Mobile sued over Sidekick data loss (update 3)
It was only a matter of time, right? How much time, you ask? The Sidekick service disruption occurred last week, and a class action lawsuit (pdf) was filed against T-Mobile USA by Oren Rosenthal in Superior Court in Washington on October 12. The lawsuit, which alleges negligence, breach of contract, and violation of Washington’s Consumer…
Delta Air Lines sued over alleged e-mail hacking
Jeremy Kirk reports: Delta Air Lines is being sued for allegedly hacking the e-mail account of a passenger rights advocate supporting legislation that would allow access to food, water and toilets during long delays on the tarmac. Kathleen Hanni, executive director of Flyersrights.org, alleges Delta obtained sensitive e-mails and files and used the material in…
Schwarzenegger vetoes Simitian’s privacy protection bill
Governor Schwarzenegger vetoed State Senator Joe Simitian’s (D-Palo Alto) Senate Bill 20. The bill would have strengthened and updated California’s landmark privacy protection law that requires businesses and state agencies to notify residents when sensitive personal information is lost or stolen from their databases. “I’m surprised as well as disappointed by the Governor’s veto,“ said…