Call it preemptive confession. It will save reporters hours of investigating. The same day New York Governor David A. Paterson was sworn into office, he and his wife, Michelle Paterson both revealed the extramarital affairs they have had. The thunderous applause was still ringing in his ears when the state’s new governor, David Paterson, told [...]
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Confessions of a Governor and a First Lady: The Patersons Admit to Affairs
March 18th, 2008 · No Comments · Public Figures and Privacy
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UCLA Will Fire Medical Workers for Violating Britney Spears’ Medical Privacy
March 15th, 2008 · No Comments · Medical Privacy, Public Figures and Privacy
While very few others will leave Britney alone, medical professionals must be held to a higher standard. Violating anyone’s medical privacy is unethical as well as against the law. UCLA Medical Center is taking steps to fire at least 13 employees and has suspended at least six others for snooping in the confidential medical records [...]
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Can You Make Your Sudden and Unsolicited Fame Go Away?
March 14th, 2008 · No Comments · Public Figures and Privacy, Social Networking
Recent days have produced our latest instant celebrity, Eliot Spitzer’s call girl, Ashley Alexandra Dupre, a.k.a. Ashley Youmans, a.k.a. Kristen. It’s clear from the semi-nude photographs of Ashley Dupre which the New York Post has just published, that going into seclusion does not solve the problem. Although her court-appointed lawyer, Don D. Buchwald, has issued [...]
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