When Roger Mills’s council employer thought he was skiving, he hired private detectives to spy on him. After four months of surveillance, he was sacked for gross misconduct after spending time at home during work hours. There was just one problem. Mr Mills had a long-standing arrangement allowing him to work from home. Yesterday he…
Spinvox denies privacy and faking claims
Beleagured voice-transcription company Spinvox has responded to criticisms, claiming its technology works as claimed, and the company does not break customers’ privacy. Spinvox said its speech system outperforms rivals on “accuracy, speed, scale, reliability and language range” and denied that the majority of messages are transcribed by people in call centres in South Africa and…
Council admits snooping through rubbish
“Disgraceful” council staff have been snooping through residents’ rubbish to monitor their recycling habits, it has been revealed. Residents across Rother, including Battle, have had their refuse rifled through by East Sussex County Council, without their knowledge or consent. And council staff have also been accused of using their findings to rate households across the…
Andrews breach puts media decisions in spotlight
The secretly taped video of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews in her hotel room is an example of media at its most viral — although online for months, it didn’t catch fire until last week when it became Google’s most-searched subject and put the Bristol-based sports network at the center of the story. […] The New…