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The author of this blog, David T.S. Fraser, is a Canadian privacy lawyer who practices with the firm of McInnes Cooper. He is the author of the Physicians' Privacy Manual. He has a national and international practice advising corporations and individuals on matters related to Canadian privacy laws.
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Wednesday, January 07, 2004
Wired News: BlackBerry Reveals Bank's Secrets (From August 2003, but a goodie):
"The eBay ad read 'BlackBerry RIM sold AS IS!' So Eugene Sacks (not his real name), a Seattle computer consultant who always wanted one of the pager-size devices to check his e-mail, sent in a bid. For just $15.50, he bought the wireless device with 4 MB of memory.
The BlackBerry didn't come with a cable, synching station, software or a manual. But it did come with something even more valuable: a trove of corporate data. "
(I've also found this story referred to on the LawTech Guru Blog: "Juicy Blackberry Information Leaves a Stain".)
Labels: information breaches
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