A police officer in Henan Province has sparked controversy by posting information about a wanted suspect on a BBS forum yesterday. The officer asked the online community to provide clues on the suspect’s whereabouts. He even included a picture of the suspect that was taken from a bank surveillance video. Zhao Guanyang, the officer who…
Kaiser Bellflower fined again for privacy breach
The Kaiser Permanente hospital in Bellflower has been hit with a $187,500 fine for failing for a second time to prevent unauthorized access to confidential patient information, state pubic health officials said today. [Updated at 3 p.m.: A spokesman for the hospital said the fine was part of the ongoing investigation into employees improperly accessing…
CDT testimony on reevaluating REAL ID
From CDT.org: CDT testified Wednesday before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearing on reevaluating the REAL ID Act. CDT testified in support of the PASS ID Act, noting that it mitigates or corrects critical privacy and security flaws introduced by REAL ID, while still establishing minimum federal standards for the issuance…
Summary of findings and Facebook’s response
Facebook has responded to the report of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada on complaints it received about Facebook. The Commissioner’s report summarizes their findings this way: Allegations Not Well-Founded 379. With regard to New Uses of Personal Information, Collection of Personal Information from Sources Other than Facebook, Facebook Mobile and Safeguards, and Deception and Misrepresentation,…