The Russian national regulator for the communicatons sector Roskomnadzor has issued a statement requiring regional operator Sibirtelecom to stop infringement of the law on personal data protection. The confidentiality requirements for personal data of subscribers were infringed when this data was included in bills delivered to subscribers. Source: TradingMarkets.com
Category: Breaches
2nd man charged in Florida sex-video voyeurism case
Karen Voyles reports: A Fort White man was being held at the Alachua County jail Friday for allegedly videotaping another man having sex with a woman who was unaware she was being recorded. Keniel Luis Alvarez, 21, who identified himself as a promoter, was arrested Sept. 10 and charged with video voyeurism, scheming to defraud,…
Newspaper faces backlash for outing Web critic
The Associated Press reports another story involving online anonymity and outing critics. In this case, a Wisconsin newspaper turned over the identity of a critic without any subpoena or court order…. and subsequently regretted it. The incident generated discussion, yet again, about whether anonymous critics are entitled to protection of their anonymity. Getting named the…
Media blasted for humiliating the innocent
Dario Milo and Greg Palmer are Webber Wentzel in Johannesburg. The have a commentary on the expectation of privacy and the media: Caster Semenya, the newly crowned 800m world champion, entered the international spotlight when an Australian newspaper, the Daily Telegraph, sensationally claimed that testing by sports administrators had shown she was a hermaphrodite. The…