A federal judge has ordered the University of Louisville to permit a nursing student who had been expelled for writing blog posts about her patients, gun rights, religion, and other issues to re-enroll. […] The university expelled Ms. Yoder in February, saying she had violated the nursing school’s honor code by identifying herself as a…
Sale of DMV Data Could Bankrupt Missouri
Two related federal class actions have the potential to bankrupt the state. The plaintiffs claim that the Source for Public Data and Chexsystems Collection Agency illegally obtained a database from the Missouri Department of Motor Vehicles, with confidential information about Missouri drivers….. The classes claim the companies violated the Federal Driver’s Privacy Protection Act by…
Employees sacked for ID card data breach
Nine local authority workers have been sacked after illegally accessing personal details of the public held on the government’s national identity database. In total, 34 council workers were found to have illegally accessed the Customer Information System (CIS) database, part of a linked-up network of systems which constitute the government’s planned national identity database. The…
ISPs scorn government net snoop plan
The government’s plans to massively increase surveillance of the internet have come under fire again, this time from the ISPs it wants to deputise as its snoopers. LINX, a major internet peering cooperative, said in its submission to the Home Office’s consultation on the Interception Modernisation Programme (IMP) – which closed last week – that…