The Tel Aviv District Labor Court has ruled that it is permissible for National Insurance Institute investigators to impersonate the employees of a public body and photographing a person who has applied for, or receives, a disability pension, in order to verify that person’s true medical condition. Read more on Globes.
Gibtelecom: Come back with a warrant
The Royal Gibraltar Police has been demanding that Gibtelecom supply them with subscriber information without a court order or search warrant. Gibtelecom have refused. Contacted by PANORAMA, chief executive officer Tim Bristow said that Gibtelecom, like its predecessors Nynex and Gibtel, “have only ever provided the Police with access to subscribers’ telecommunications data on the…
Riverside County Regional Medical Center sued
A patient who sought treatment last year from Riverside County Regional Medical Center has filed an estimated $1 million claim against Riverside County and the hospital that claims a facility employee revealed her medical information without her consent. Tiffany Collins, 26, discovered the information breach earlier this year when she ran into a former classmate…
Quote of the Day
When even the purchase of a pack of cigarettes becomes part of an information database, the surveillance of people’s private lives by technological means has gone too far. That statement is from an editorial in The Japan Times on how the Tobacco Institute of Japan handed over personal data and records of specific tobacco purchases…