The United Kingdom has been called the ‘Surveillance Society’. Citizens’ activities are monitored and kept in various data bases. It seems that many people in the UK will find that their internet service provider (ISP) has joined the surveillance movement:
“Six of the UK’s biggest net providers have agreed a plan with the music […]
The Texas Attorney General’s office has fined Radio Shack $630,000 for a security breach that could have lead to identity theft:
“…RadioShack was investigated after the attorney general learned a retail location had dumped thousands of sensitive records into a trash can. The records contained confidential client data, Social Security numbers, debit and credit information and […]
Britain may be on the verge of taking a further step into the ‘Surveillance Society’. Already Britain is awash with surveillance cameras and there is the beginnings of a DNA data base. Now there is consideration of a data base for all telephone calls and emails. For the sake of security, it […]
A court ruling in early July 2008 stated that Google had to give Viacom the history of viewers on YouTube. It seems that Viacom has reversed its demands:
“Viacom has backed off a request to gain access to all YouTube user histories after public outcry over privacy concerns, according to a YouTube blog post.
“We […]
With the competition for twenty four hour news, the television journalists are quickly on the scene to cover disasters, man-made or natural. There is a trend to put “a face” on the disaster and to personalize it. A microphone is placed before someone who is having one of the worse moments of his/her […]
Legislation in Iowa mandates the prompt notification of a security breach. Delays in notification place victims at financial risk:
“…”I’m a little bit upset about the Montgomery Ward ordeal taking six months to disclose that there was a problem,” said Rep. Dave Jacoby, a Coralville Democrat who pushed for the Iowa law, which requires companies […]
It is a victory for net neutrality and privacy online. It means that internet service providers (ISP) cannot throttle the internet, at their discretion:
“WASHINGTON - A recommendation to punish Comcast Corp. for blocking subscribers’ Internet traffic should serve as a warning to other service providers, the nation’s top telecommunications regulator said Friday.
Federal Communications Commission […]
In what will be a costly error, more than five thousand students of Williamson County Schools had their personal information posted online. This included their social security numbers, along with their names:
“…Now the county could lose some federal funding because of the mistake. The school district had to notify the Department of Education […]
The problem of identity theft should be well known by now. There is a long history of security breaches by government agencies, educational institutions and businesses. The cost of a data breach can be millions of dollars, in providing credit monitoring and protection for those who have had their personal information exposed. […]
The Daily Mail has had scathing headlines when government agencies have had security breaches. Now the Daily Mail itself has become a victim and has exposed thousands of confidential files:
“Daily Mail publisher Associated Newspapers has admitted that a laptop containing financial and personal details of thousands of staff, suppliers and contributors has been stolen.”
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