Joshua Jongsma reports: Two New York men hacked the personal information of 50 North Jersey public employees, mostly police officers, and posted much of it online, authorities said. Evan Koulikov, 21, of Spring Valley, New York also made harassing phone calls to many of the victims, according to the Bergen [Read More…]
BBC reports: Sir Cliff Richard will receive around £2m towards his legal costs from the BBC after agreeing a final settlement following last year’s privacy case. In July 2018, the star won a High Court case against the broadcaster over its coverage of a police raid on his home. The [Read More…]
The following is the FTC’s press release from today. But if you keep reading it, you will note that the decision on it was 3-2, and both of the dissenting commissioners have taken to Twitter to voice their concerns. So after the press release, I’ll give you some other links [Read More…]
Natasha Lomas reports: Research by a privacy rights advocacy group has found popular mental health websites in the EU are sharing users’ sensitive personal data with advertisers. Europeans going online to seek support with mental health issues are having sensitive health data tracked and passed to third parties, according to [Read More…]