When the 10th Circuit upheld a ruling against U.S.-based Accusearch over the sale of telephone records on its Abika.com web site (discussed here), that was not its only problem. On July 31, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada ruled that Accusearch also violates key provisions of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents…
Category: Govt
Philly cop accused of running criminal background check on Obama
Philadelphia’s police department is investigating why an officer used his police car’s computer to run a criminal background check on President Barack Obama. Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey said Friday the officer could face discipline for performing the check Wednesday morning. The Secret Service alerted the department after it learned about the incident from National Crime…
Police told to ignore human rights ruling over DNA database
Chief constables across England and Wales have been told to ignore a landmark ruling by the European court of human rights and carry on adding the DNA profiles of tens of thousands of innocent people to a national DNA database. Senior police officers have also been “strongly advised” that it is “vitally important” that they…
Home Office denies ID card hack claims
As a follow-up to the story about the new UK national ID card being cloned in 12 minutes, what does the UK Home Office have to say? According to this story in IT Pro: A spokesperson from the Home Office said: “This story is rubbish. We are satisfied the personal data on the chip cannot…