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District Court Issues Protective Order Preventing Disclosure of Satellite Company’s Customer List

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November 24, 2008 01:02

In a suit brought by Echostar Satellite LLC against satellite receiver manufacturer Freetech Inc. under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted Freetech’s motion for an order protecting the identities of its customers from d...

Do Federal Courts have Jurisdiction in Suits involving the Telephone Consumer Protection Act?

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November 12, 2008 15:28

It's an interesting question. One District Court in Ohio says yes, another says no. The TCPA permits suits to be brought in state court, but does not prohibit cases to be heard in federal court.To read more about the two recent decisions, click on Bloomberg Privacy and Information Law Report, and...

Will Obama Administration Reveal Extent of Wiretapping?

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November 11, 2008 14:11

Bush Spy Revelations Anticipated When Obama Is Sworn InPrivacy Advocates Expect Whistleblowers to Share Warrantless Wiretap Info After Inauguration Day By RYAN SINGELABC NewsNov. 11, 2008When Barack Obama takes the oath of office on January 20, Americans won't just get a new president; they might...

Virginia Strikes Down Anti-Spam Law

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October 23, 2008 22:16

Virginia Supreme Court Finds State Anti-Spam Law Unconstitutionally Overbroad in Violation of First Amendment (Back to Top)In a rehearing of an earlier decision, the Virginia Supreme Court struck down as unconstitutional the anti-spam e-mail provisions of the Virginia Computer Crimes Act. The court...

Privacy News - October 2008

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October 14, 2008 13:29

Privacy News - Personal InformationSelect Privacy & Information - October 2008As of October 1, 2008, New Laws in Nevada and Connecticut Require Protection of Personal Information****************************************************Interpreting Driver’s Privacy Protection Act, Third Circuit Holds P...

TELECOM IMMUNITY BILL PASSES SENATE

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February 12, 2008 19:50

New York Times:The Senate rejected a series of amendments that would have restricted the government’s surveillance powers and eliminated immunity for the phone carriers, and it voted in convincing fashion — 69 to 29 — to end debate and bring the issue to a final vote. That vote is expected later thi...

WACHOVIA EMPLOYEES KNEW OF FRAUD

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February 07, 2008 02:44

Recently released documents strongly suggest employees at Wachovia Bank not only knew that marketers were stealing from accounts at the bank, but that they bank solicited business from those companies. Executives at Wachovia have denied knowledge of the thefts.From the New York Times:Papers Show...

Is Privacy Still Privacy?

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November 12, 2007 21:52

Donald Kerr, the U.S. deputy director of national intelligence, is being reported as calling into question the tradition definition of information privacy. In this age of terrorism, Kerr said that individual privacy can no longer can mean anonymity, but should instead mean that government and...

Congressmen Blasts Yahoo Executives in Chinese Dissident Case

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November 06, 2007 22:04

Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang and Yahoo's General Counsel, Michael Callahan, were harshly criticized today by Congressmen who accused Yahoo of deceiving Congress and of complicity with efforts by the government of China to suppress human rights.Yahoo initially received an official demand (citing "illegal...

USING GPS TO TRACK YOUR FRIENDS AND LOVED ONES

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October 25, 2007 17:12

Clearly, one of the next developments in technology and privacy are GPS enabled and other small devices. We've heard about how useful it can be for prisoners, children, and the elderly (not to lump them all together).Laura M. Holson of CNET address it here.Holson writes about Loopt, a service by...