ChoicePoint, a leading provider of consumer information and database searches, has been put at the top of the “losers list” for TechTarget’s annual IT winners and losers of 2005, for their data security debacle that compromised 145,000 customer records and exposed the personal information in these records to hackers. From the article — ChoicePoint: The […]
Category: Privacy & ID Theft
Nigerian Pleads Guilty in ChoicePoint Abuse
The Associated Press is reporting that a Nigerian national has pleaded guilty to conspiracy and grand theft in a case involving an identity theft ring that obtained consumer data from provider ChoicePoint. From the article — Olatunji Oluwatosin, 42, of North Hollywood, Calif., was indicted by a grand jury in August on 22 counts of […]
Employee and Worker Privacy Rights
Wired.com has published a short, informative article on employee and worker privacy rights in the workplace. From the article – If you have internet access at work, there’s a very good chance your employer has a system in place to monitor your online activities. So, if you’re concerned about privacy, take heed. Under current U.S. […]
Riya Facial Recognition and Privacy Concerns
A Dec. 7th article on wired.com by Jennifer Granick discusses some issues that we have discussed in previous posts on this blog, regarding the new Riya facial recognition software; photo tagging and search engines potentially indexing personal online pictures and making them searchable by a person’s name. From the Wired article – The service currently […]
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Privacy Tips For Online Socializing
With the rapidly increasing popularity of online social networks like MySpace, Friendster and FaceBook, along with the recent trouble that some college students and others have gotten into for their online communications on some of these sites, it is time to stop and review some excellent tips for protecting your privacy and keeping your online […]