Israel's Privacy Authority Orders Police Probe into Leaked Personal Data of Mother and Daughter
Translated & summarized from Haaretz by baba
Israel's Privacy Authority has instructed the police to investigate the alleged leaking of private information and footage concerning Mali and Liel Yahalomi. The authority's head contacted the Police Commissioner and Privacy Supervisor, demanding a review of how sensitive data, including personal correspondence and financial details, reached the media. The mother and daughter were located in Argentina after disappearing in Austria, and were found to have left Israel voluntarily without suspicion of wrongdoing.
The story in 6 lines · by baba
- Israel's Privacy Authority ordered a police investigation into the alleged privacy breach of Mali and Liel Yahalomi.
- The probe will examine the dissemination of footage and sensitive personal information about the mother and daughter.
- The authority suspects the Israeli police may be the source of the leaked information.
- Mali and Liel Yahalomi were found in Argentina after disappearing during a vacation in Austria.
- The investigation found the women left Israel voluntarily to start new lives.
- The mother and daughter were not suspected of any criminal offenses.
Israel's Privacy Authority has ordered the police to investigate suspicions that the force violated the privacy of Mali and Liel Yahalomi by disseminating footage and sensitive personal information related to their case. The authority's head, Adv. Gilad Simama, wrote to Police Commissioner Dany Levy and Police Privacy Supervisor George Kiverkian, demanding a thorough review of how the private information reached the media and the discretion exercised in its release.
The directive follows several media reports after the mother and daughter were located in Argentina last August. These reports included videos of the women in a vulnerable state during their discovery on a bus and their questioning by police representatives. Sensitive personal details from the investigation were also revealed, such as private correspondence, AI search queries, financial information, location data, and their expected arrival time in Israel. The Privacy Authority stated that, in at least some instances, the source of this information appeared to be the Israeli police.
Mali and Liel Yahalomi had disappeared in August during a vacation in Vienna, Austria, and were found several days later in Argentina. Upon their arrival in Buenos Aires, they were met by representatives from the Israeli police, Buenos Aires police, and Interpol. After a brief questioning, they were released. The investigation determined that the two had left Israel voluntarily to start new lives and were not suspected of any criminal offense.
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