Lyle Denniston writes: The Supreme Court, getting set for opening its new term, decided this week that it will take a serious look for the first time in nearly five decades at the constitutional privacy – or not – of individual’s blood chemistry. The justices agreed to decide whether police can order that a blood…
Author: Dissent
AU: APF submission on eHealth record system OAIC Enforcement Guidelines
A policy paper from the Australian Privacy Foundation (APF) submitted this week to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) The Australian Privacy Foundation (APF) is the country’s leading privacy advocacy organisation. I write as Chair of the Health Sub Committee of the APF and refer to the eHealth record system OAIC Enforcement Guidelines…
A Deep Dive into Facebook and Datalogix: What's Actually Getting Shared and How You Can Opt Out
Following up on a post from the other day that had a somewhat sensation headline…. Rainey Reitman provides a helpful discussion of how your Facebook data is shared with Datalogix and how you can opt out. Here’s part of her explanation: In order to assess the impact of Facebook advertisements on shopping in the physical…
Personal information stolen from 2 nonprofits
Christian Cazares reports that burglaries at the American Heart Association and Olive Crest offices in Las Vegas resulted in the theft of personal information stored on laptops. Read more on KVVU. “
Medical records ransom: when a "trend" is not a trend
I’ve been meaning to comment on media coverage of the breach involving The Surgeons of Lake County. While I’m glad my blog entry was able to bring it to the mainstream media’s attention, I was concerned to see some sites and professionals I respect treat it as either a novel crime or as part of…
IEEE leaks 100,000 members’ usernames and plain-text passwords (update3)
Seen on Slashdot, Radu Dragusin writes: IEEE suffered a data breach which I discovered on September 18. For a few days I was uncertain what to do with the information and the data. Yesterday I let them know, and they fixed (at least partially) the problem. The usernames and passwords kept in plaintext were publicly…