A Kapiti Coast (NZ) computer repairer who took innocent family pictures from the computers of clients for his own use has been jailed for 2 1/2 years. Wellington District Court judge Bruce Davidson said yesterday there was a “disturbing and sinister complexion” to Ian Mead’s actions that made him recoil when shown samples by the…
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Scotland Yard asks London Internet cafe owners to monitor their customers’ Web files
Raphael G. Satter of the Associated Press reports: Internet cafe users in the British capital may want to watch what they download. Scotland Yard is advising administrators of public Web spaces to periodically poke through their customers’ files and keep an eye out for suspicious activity. The Metropolitan Police said Thursday that the initiative —…
AU Privacy Commissioner tells organizations: Publicize your Privacy!
The Australian Privacy Commissioner, Karen Curtis, has called for businesses and government agencies across the country to publicize their commitment to good privacy practices in the lead up to Privacy Awareness Week, 2-8 May 2010. “While so many organizations have good practices in place to protect their customers’ data, they could be doing so much…
Axed via Facebook: what’s your reaction?
I don’t know U.K. privacy laws, but I have to wonder about a news story I saw on an Australian publication, The Age, and the reaction of The Age‘s online commenters. As background, it seems a teenager in Greater Manchester was fired via Facebook posting by her supervisor at the Cookies coffee shop in Leigh…