Daily updates on privacy stories in the news.

« Even "Private" BlackBerry Messages Can Be Made Public | Main | Federal Judge: No Warrant Needed to Use GPS Tracker »

Who Knows Your Bank Balance?

A simple trip to an ATM provided a wealth of financial information for one journalist in Jeddah. He learned that anyone, even non-account holders, can learn the name of the owner of any account at the bank by simply entering the account number into the ATM. And that was only the first piece of information that he learned.

Privacy May Be the Price for Certain Conveniences, Arab News, January 18, 2005