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…
The Cars.gov Terms of Service flap
Hugh D’Andrade of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has a commentary on the Cars.gov terms of service (TOS) privacy flap that Glenn Beck reported on recently. After noting that the TOS applied to registered car dealers and not to the public, D’Andrade reiterates EFF’s longstanding position on such click-through agreements, but notes that Fox anchor…