The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has served Enforcement Notices on 14 construction firms following breaches of the Data Protection Act. Some organizations paid thousands of pounds to unfairly obtain personal information about construction workers. David Smith, Deputy Information Commissioner, said: “Fourteen firms paid for personal details about construction workers without those people knowing. The individuals…
Job opening for tech geek with privacy chops
Must love geese? Here’s a job opening from the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada that could be right up some reader’s alley: We’re looking for an Information Technology Research Analyst – and the competition is open to the public. You can find a detailed list of requirements at jobs.gc.ca, but we can boil…
Prosecutor denies violating rights in ID probe
Colorado authorities say they did not violate anyone’s privacy rights when they seized thousands of tax documents to investigate undocumented immigrants for identity theft. In a late Monday filing, Weld County District Attorney Ken Buck and Sheriff John Cook also said a judge erred in halting the probe. Read more from the Associated Press via…
Feds at DefCon alarmed after RFID’s scanned
It’s one of the most hostile hacker environments in the country –- the DefCon hacker conference held every year in the summer in Las Vegas. But despite the fact that attendees know they should take precautions to protect their data, federal agents at the conference got a scare on Friday when they were told they…