stored communications act

Invasion of Privacy? - Federal Government Secretly Monitored Personal Webmail

Peter Vogel
March 07, 2012 16:55

A group of nine scientists and doctors recently sued the US government claiming that their personal Gmail accounts were under federal surveillance which led to harassment or dismissal for Food & Drug Administration (FDA) employees who were whistleblowers. The Washington Post reported that the...

Michaels Stores Still PINned beneath Payment Card Skimming Lawsuit

Brendon Tavelli
December 16, 2011 17:10

In May 2011, Michaels Stores reported that “skimmers” using modified PIN pad devices in eighty Michaels stores across twenty states had gained unauthorized access to customers’ debit and credit card information. Not a pretty picture for Michaels. Lawsuits soon splattered on the...

Keyloggers Beware--Companies Risk Being Sued By Employees

September 27, 2011 18:46

A U.S. District Court in Indiana has ruled that a company's use of keylogger software to access an employee's personal e-mail account may have violated the Stored Communications Act (“SCA”).   Keylogging or keystroke logging is the tracking of the keys struck on a keyboard,...

Court sides with college accused of snooping on student’s email

August 11, 2011 16:18

Reichert v. Elizabethtown College, 2011 WL 3438318 (E.D.Pa. August 5, 2011) Plaintiff’s threatening behavior toward certain faculty members of his college led the administration to monitor plaintiff’s school-issued email account. Plaintiff’s lawsuit against the school included...

The Legal Implications of Social Networking: The Basics (Part One)

David Navetta
June 11, 2011 21:22

We are in the midst of a communications revolution.   Use of social media for communication purposes continues to grow, while "old school" messaging media like email is on the decline.  Facebook reportedly has reached 700 million users worldwide and is putatively valued at...