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Author: Dissent

Adult Performers' Real Names, Addresses Posted on Wikileaks-Style Site

Posted on April 1, 2011 by Dissent

More on that very distressing privacy breach involving the publication of personally identifying information about adult porn actors. Buzz Killington writes: … It is an open secret within the industry that the website, Pornwikileaks.com, has published the real names and addresses of over 12,000 performers, opening them up to potential harassment by predators or others…

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WA: Wenatchee Valley College notifies former students of data breach

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Dissent

Rachel Schleif reports on another breach that occurred in the context of responding to a public records request: Wenatchee Valley College accidentally released Social Security numbers of students who attended classes there 10 years ago. The college sent letters of apology to more than 3,800 former students Monday, and urged them to place fraud alerts…

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Army suicide prevention efforts raising privacy concerns

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Dissent

Greg Zoroya reports: An Army effort to reduce suicides by sharing more of soldiers’ personal therapy information with squad, platoon or company leaders — even in cases where there is no threat of self-harm — is pushing the limit of privacy laws, say civilian experts on medical records restrictions. Soldiers may be discouraged from seeking…

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AHF: Breach of Porn Actors’ Data Reveals Failure of AIM Clinic Testing Model

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Dissent

The following is a press release from AHF: After over 12,000 current and former adult film performers who tested for HIV and other STDs at the Adult Industry Medical Healthcare Foundation’s (AIM) HIV Testing Clinic in Sherman Oaks had their privacy breached when their personal data collected from AIM was published illegally on a Wiki-leaks…

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When it comes to compiling breaches, more is better

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Dissent

As announced by the good folks at DataLossDB.org today, I’ve agreed to work with them in terms of maintaining and developing their database. DataBreaches.net and PHIprivacy.net will continue as they always have, but expect to see more breaches show up in DataLossDB in a timely fashion and expect to see more backfilling over time and…

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UK: Lancashire Police officers dismissed for breaching data laws

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Dissent

The residents of Lancashire, like most people in Britain, hope that the police are there to protect them. So they will be shocked and disappointed today to find out that dozens of police have been using police equipment to spy on their partners and neighbours for the last three years. There were a total of…

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