Amidst all the proper concern about the use of technology in breaches of privacy, it is easy to overlook the ease with which we can give away information by more everyday means. Some examples illustrate what I mean.
My railway carriage this morning had more than its usual quota of people braying into their phones whilst the rest of the carriage tried to sleep or, in my case, to write an article. One such caller was involved in some capacity in litigation involving a departed employee – it seems that the company has a better case than it originally thought because of newly-found evidence about the ex-employee’s preparations to set up a competing business whilst he was still employed by the company. The speaker had not yet been able to find out more because he had not been sent the backup tapes for a particular custodian – presumably the ex-employee in question. A name was mentioned which I did not, alas, write down; if I had recorded it, I would be happy to repeat it here. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Chris Dale 
