Robert McMillan reports that we may not have heard the last of the case involving a Quebec spammer: Facebook isn’t finished with a Canadian who was ordered to pay the company CDN$1 billion last week for spamming. Although the Sept. 28 ruling by Quebec Superior Court closed Facebook’s civil case against Montreal’s Adam Guerbuez, the…
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UK: Woman accuses Glasgow City Council of leaking her details to smear her
Paul Drury and Gordon Tait report: A gran facing eviction to make way for the 2014 Commonwealth Games last night acc-used council chiefs of mounting a smear campaign against her. Margaret Jaconelli, 52, claims details of council tax arrears she has run up were leaked to newsmen along with info on business rates her hubby…
Give us the encryption key so we can find evidence against you
The sentencing of 19-year old Oliver Drage for refusal to provide his encryption key has generated a lot of discussion. Drage was suspected of having child porn on his computer but apparently has not been tried or convicted on those charges — possibly because law enforcement couldn’t access what they suspect is the evidence on…
Youth Justice MIS takes small interim steps to protect youth data
I’ve occasionally blogged about databases concerning UK youth. One of the problematic ones is a database of those considered youthful offenders. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has been speaking with the Youth Justice Board (YJB) over the administration of the Youth Justice Management Information System (Youth Justice MIS), as the database not only contains a…