Wow. I thought this case was over, but apparently it wasn’t. Remember the case involving the Palatine, Illinois police department leaving traffic citations on windshields that contain personal information? If you don’t, just search this site for “Palatine” to find all the previous coverage. The AP now reports that the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled…
Month: April 2015
IN: TRAI betrays privacy
The editors of the Deccan Chronicle in India address a breach noted earlier this week on DataBreaches.net: In an appalling act of recklessness, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has compromised the privacy of over a million Internet users of the country by publishing online all the responses of their consultation paper on Net neutrality. Either the bureaucrats running Trai are ignorant…
Motel 6 voluntarily giving police names of all guests, every day
Joe Cadillic sends along this very disturbing news story. After reading it, I decided that I will never stay at a Motel 6 again. Patrick Anderson and Tracee M. Herbaugh report: City police have arrested four people staying at the Motel 6 on Jefferson Boulevard as a result of the hotel chain’s agreement to provide…
Right to privacy in Vietnam media: we are still failing our children
Thanh Nguyen writes: Earlier this month a national TV channel came under fire for a news report on some 17-year-olds smoking shisha. While the problem was whether VTC14’s reporter tricked the children into smoking to stage the report, it was a rare case in which a Vietnamese media agency was openly criticized for violating ethical…