A teenage girl may have died at her own hand. Could Sprint have prevented it? A commentary cross-posted from Chronicles of Dissent. The teenager called a suicide hotline for help. She had stabbed herself and taken drugs in an attempt to kill herself, and by the time she called the hotline, she was weak and…
Ex-emergency dispatch agency director given 6 months jail for illegal background checks
Dan Rozek reports: Steven R. Cordes wanted to help his girlfriend keep tabs on who her teenage daughter was dating and hanging out with. So Cordes — director of a Kane County emergency dispatch agency — searched confidential police databases and did criminal background checks on a boyfriend and other friends. But the searches were…
UFO hacker Gary McKinnon to learn of Supreme Court appeal
Self-confessed hacker Gary McKinnon, who gained unauthorised access to multiple Pentagon computer systems, will learn this week whether an application for an appeal in his case will be heard by the Supreme Court, the new highest court in the UK. If the appeal goes ahead, then Infosecurity understands an extradition of McKinnon would be unlikely…
Is personal eMail subject to open-records law?
Maya T. Prabhu reports: A case that will be argued before the Wisconsin Supreme Court in November could set a precedent that affects the way educators and other public employees use their eMail. The court has agreed to hear a case that will determine whether the public’s right to know what its government is doing…