A story in today’s Belfast Telegraph reminds us that employee snooping on personal information is not always just out of curiosity or for purposes of ID theft: A victims campaigner has launched legal proceedings against the Chief Constable and two loyalist bandsmen over the gathering of information on Catholics from a police database. Lawyers for…
Category: Breaches
Koster settles with telemarketers
Keith Loria reports: Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster reached a settlement agreement on Wednesday with a California couple who had violated the state’s No-Call List policy. Under terms of the settlement, Madhulika and Ratan Baid’s California companies, Smart Funding Corp. and Ariant Solutions, Inc., will pay $35,000 to the State for using third-party telemarketers to…
Council goes on the defensive over sale of personal data
Sarah Marshall reports: The chairman of Eastbourne Ratepayers’ Association is condemning the borough council for selling the names and personal details of people in Eastbourne. The council agrees it is wrong – describing the practice as ‘disgraceful’ – but says the government forces it to sell the data. Andrew Jay, chairman of the association, said,…
Former officer charged with computer crime
Linda Seida reports: A former New Hope Borough and Solebury Township part-time police officer has been charged with unlawful use of a computer and related offenses that stem from a traffic stop in which he used a woman’s cell phone to send an “explicit picture” of her to another man, according to a court document….