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January 17, 2012
Australia-based telecommunications company Telstra committed its second data breach in less than a month when a spreadsheet containing customer information was posted online on December 30. The Australian reported that according to initial inquiries, the spreadsheet was posted by a consultant to use in training and coaching.
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January 17, 2012
CNN reported that the Chinese government plans to launch next year a national online marriage database as a way to fight bigamy. Coming on the heels of reports that hackers gained access to the personal information of six million users of the China Software Developer Network, the announcement has raised concerns about the safety of the marriage database, Xinhua news agency reported.
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January 17, 2012
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner determined that the gambling club Wentworthville Leagues must award compensation to a former gambling addict after details of the gambler’s winnings and losses were given to the gambler’s former spouse while the couple was going through a divorce.
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January 17, 2012
The data breach at the private American intelligence company Strafor in late 2011 not only put its U.S. subscribers at risk (as reported in the January Washington Policy Brief), it put the credit card information and personal details of several New Zealand companies and government agencies at risk, as well. According to an article in Stuff.Co, Strafor’s New Zealand-based clients include the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Air New Zealand, the New Zealand Police and Fire Service, and ANZ and BNZ banks.
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January 17, 2012
The Guardian reported that the Dutch interior ministry says using cameras for screening people who enter the country by car do not violate EU laws on free movement or privacy. According to the article, cameras were installed on 15 major highways from Belgium and Germany and will be used as a tool to crack down on illegal immigrants and criminals.
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December 20, 2011
According to Canada.com, a hacker recently got into Mark Zuckerberg’s personal Facebook page and publicized the Facebook founder’s protected personal photos.
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December 20, 2011
According to an article in Reuters, cyber hackers are threatening potential global chaos by oil disruption through calculated attacks on the world's computer-controlled energy sector. And, oil company executives have warned that attacks are becoming more frequent and more carefully planned.
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December 20, 2011
A new survey of 1,750 European IT decision makers conducted by Vanson Bourne revealed the insecurities that UK organizations have about data loss. According to an It World Canada article, the survey reported that 70% of UK organizations are not confident of their ability to fully recover their systems or data after downtime or data loss.
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December 20, 2011
Privacy advocates are speaking out to clubs and bars that scan personal ID cards and then store the information. According to the Sunday Herald Sun, Victoria privacy legislation advises against venues collecting and storing personal information.
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December 20, 2011
According to PC World, a team of privacy researchers and product designers from Europe and the United States has developed a browser-based product that provides users with a simple way of noting their privacy expectations for their e-mail.
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