Associated Press reports: Prosecutors offered the former Rutgers student accused of using a webcam to spy on his roommate’s intimate encounter with another man a plea deal that would have kept him out of prison and sought to prevent his deportation. But on Friday, Dharun Ravi’s lawyer told a judge that he would not take…
Category: Breaches
Erin Andrews and Insult
Kyle Graham writes: Some of you may have seen that ESPN reporter Erin Andrews recently re-filed her civil lawsuit against a Nashville, Tennessee hotel for negligence and invasion of privacy. This lawsuit follows upon the surreptitious videotaping of Andrews by one Michael Barrett, named as a co-defendant in the case. Barrett has since been convicted of stalking,…
Federal district court rules student has cause of action for violation of privacy rights after school officials disclosed sexual orientation to her mother
Here’s a follow-up on a case previously mentioned on this blog: Wyatt v. Kilgore Indep. Sch. Dist., No. 10-674 (E.D. Tex. Nov. 30, 2011) Abstract: A federal district court in Texas has ruled that a student has stated a valid cause of action for violation of her substantive due process right to privacy based on school…
The PII Problem: Privacy and a New Concept of Personally Identifiable Information
Paul Schwartz and Daniel Solove have a new article available for download from SSRN. Here’s the abstract: Personally identifiable information (PII) is one of the most central concepts in information privacy regulation. The scope of privacy laws typically turns on whether PII is involved. The basic assumption behind the applicable laws is that if PII…