Following a furor over how the data would be used, the White House has shut down an electronic tip box — [email protected] — that was set up to receive information on “fishy” claims about President Barack Obama’s health plan. E-mails to that address now bounce back with the message: “The e-mail address you just sent…
Fighting biological identity theft (updated)
Fascinating stuff: Elon Ganor is now working in the field of biotechnology with a new Israeli startup, Nucleix, a firm that is devoted to foiling biological identity theft. Nucleix’s technology is designed to answer a new problem that has arisen where medicine and law meet: biological identity theft. That refers to the ability to build,…
Facebook sued over privacy
The Associated Press reports that five Facebook users in California have filed a civil suit against Facebook. According to the AP, the lawsuit reportedly alleges that Facebook violates California privacy and online privacy laws by disseminating personal information posted by users to third parties. It also alleges that Facebook engages in data mining and harvesting…
Former DA sentenced to jail for ID theft
Paul Kelly, a former Eau Claire County (Wisconsin) district attorney was sentenced to 13 months in jail for using his daughter’s and grandson’s identity information to obtain loans and purchase cars. Kelly was Eau Claire County’s D.A. in the late 1960s. Source: WQOW