When Roger Mills’s council employer thought he was skiving, he hired private detectives to spy on him. After four months of surveillance, he was sacked for gross misconduct after spending time at home during work hours. There was just one problem. Mr Mills had a long-standing arrangement allowing him to work from home. Yesterday he…
Category: Breaches
Council admits snooping through rubbish
“Disgraceful” council staff have been snooping through residents’ rubbish to monitor their recycling habits, it has been revealed. Residents across Rother, including Battle, have had their refuse rifled through by East Sussex County Council, without their knowledge or consent. And council staff have also been accused of using their findings to rate households across the…
Andrews breach puts media decisions in spotlight
The secretly taped video of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews in her hotel room is an example of media at its most viral — although online for months, it didn’t catch fire until last week when it became Google’s most-searched subject and put the Bristol-based sports network at the center of the story. […] The New…
Leahy trying again with data breach bill
Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) has reintroduced a data breach bill that would set tougher rules for government agencies and private sector firms regarding consumers’ personal information. This will be the third time around the block for the Personal Data Privacy and Security Act, which has cleared the Judiciary Committee, but never come to…