Julie Hayes reports: North Yorkshire police officers and staff breached data protection laws 39 times in the past three years, the force has revealed. In response to a Freedom of Information request, North Yorkshire Police said the incidents included officers and staff conducting checks of private telephone numbers, obtaining personal data without consent, accessing personal…
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CN: Personal details of porn website bosses revealed in report
Pang Qi reports: The personal information of 13 heads of pornographic websites has been published for the first time, in a report by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Tuesday, according to the Beijing News. The report, called “Illegal and Unhealthy Information on Mobile Internet Inspection Report (issue 3, 2010),” was compiled by the Network…
Calgary airport Wi-Fi abuses privacy: traveller
A Calgarian who is a frequent air traveller wants to know why he should provide personal information to use Wi-Fi at the airport. One of the options for logging on to the Wi-Fi network at the Calgary International Airport involves hooking up through Facebook. Users hooking up through Facebook must agree to provide access to…
Canadian sues Google over Buzz
Kevin Rollason reports: A Manitoban is suing Google for unspecified damages in a class-action suit over alleged problems with the launch of Google’s Buzz program earlier this year. It took information from user email and integrated it with social networking accounts like Facebook. Lawyer Norman Rosenbaum is acting for Tyler Wereha, of Rosa, Manitoba. Rosenbaum…