Wendy Davis reports: Yahoo is asking a judge to deny class-action status to a group of people who are suing the company for scanning their email messages. The company argues in new court papers that the lawsuit doesn’t lend itself to class-action treatment because one of the key unresolved issues turns on whether Web users…
Category: Breaches
Penn State president: Nude photos could lead to expulsions
Mark Scolforo of AP reports: Some students could be expelled over the Facebook posting of photos of nude and partly nude women by a now-suspended Pennsylvania State University fraternity, the university’s president said. Eric Barron said of the webpage: “It’s very sad, and it’s very offensive.” The nude photos include some of women who are…
Consumer Sues Lenovo (Canada) Inc. for Breach of Contract and Breach of Privacy Over Malicious Software
From a press release announcing the lawsuit: A class action lawsuit seeking $10 million in damages on behalf of Canadian consumers who purchased Lenovo computers that came with pre-installed Superfish software (“Superfish“) was launched March 11, 2015 in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. As stated in the claim, “Superfish is potentially dangerous and may…
AU: Privacy Commissioner’s decision set aside by the Federal Court
Patrick Gunning of King & Wood Mallesons writes: A recent decision by Federal Court of Australia illustrated two things about privacy complaints – or at least those that end up before the courts: complainants often pursue their claims for many years, displaying a kind of endurance that many litigants do not possess; and the task facing an…