A UK judge’s frustration that he could only fine a data leaker has the Information Commissioner calling for tighter laws…. Laws should be tightened to give judges the option to jail people found guilty of serious abuses of personal data, the UK’s Information Commissioner has said. Christopher Graham said penalties under the Data Protection Act…
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In Canada, library net filter controversy heats up
Jonathan Sher reports: Just why Internet filters at London public libraries were scrapped became murkier yesterday after key supporters of their removal challenged explanations by the chair of the city’s library board. Board chair David Winninger, also a member of city council, had said the board was prompted to investigate the removal of the filters…
McDonald’s manager: “I am, very, like remorseful” for taking nude workmate’s pic
No, this is not the case out of Arkansas involving McDonald’s and a cell phone, but another case, this out in Australia. ANI reports: Amanda Jane Murison, 21, of Runcorn in Brisbane’s south, was at a fast-food conference at a Hamilton Island resort in August last year, and she was sharing a room with a…
Prince William and Harry’s mobile phones ‘may have been hacked’
Chris Irvine of Telegraph reports: Prince William and Harry’s mobile phones may have been hacked into by journalists, MPs have heard. Detective Chief Superintendent Philip Williams, from the Metropolitan Police, raised the possibility at the Commons Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee. When asked if he suspected journalists had hacked into the princes’ mobile phones,…