Ever see a coffee mug or t-shirt with a sweet message about sisters being best friends? We probably won’t find any in one Gloucester family, where one sister has used her sister’s identity when charged with crimes – twice. Indeed, the very first sentence in the news report give s a clue that we’re not…
B.C. civil servant accused of sending personal data to U.S. border guard
More from CanWest on a Canadian breach reported yesterday: A B.C. government employee under investigation for an alleged privacy breach is accused of e-mailing personal data about government clients to an American border guard in Washington state. Government sources confirmed Friday that the employee, who works from the Lower Mainland for the Ministry of Housing…
EPIC Files Lawsuit for Information about “Digital Strip Search” Devices
On December 17, 2009, EPIC filed a lawsuit against the Department of Justice concerning the use of whole body imaging devices used by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). TSA has confirmed the Whole Body Imaging machines are being used in at least one Virginia federal court by the US Marshall Service: EPIC submitted a FOIA…
DECAF: “Game Over”
Earlier this week, this site linked to a news report on DECAF, a counter-COFEE application. Now it appears that DECAF was a hoax (but see Comment 1, below, that it was not a hoax). The decafeme.org site now reads: We want to thank every media outlet, financial supporter, security expert, and forensic investigator that showed…