David Bauder and Pauline Jelinek of Associated Press report that a picture of a soldier, Lance Cpl. Joshua “Bernie” Bernard, lying mortally wounded in Afghanistan, taken by AP photographer Julie Jacobson has set off another debate about both coverage of the war and a grieving family’s right to privacy. You can read AP’s coverage of…
Personal data a YouTube no-no
Patrick Maloney of The London Free Press reports: A YouTube video watched by thousands that published the phone number of a local public servant breaches the popular website’s rules, says a spokesperson for parent company Google. This week, a Lucan bylaw officer inspected a property owned by David Rock, who then posted on his wildly…
Judge dismisses suits over nude photos
Yet another court case involving nude photos on a cell phone. A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by a woman claiming Culpeper police officers distributed nude photos of her found on a cell phone seized when her boyfriend was arrested. U.S. District Judge Norman K. Moon of Charlottesville ruled Thursday that Jessica Casella did…
In wake of wrist slap, ICO calls for tighter data abuse laws
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…