Dan Levine of Reuters reports that Fraley v. Facebook may be closer to settlement: A U.S. judge said he would consider whether to preliminarily approve Facebook’s second attempt to settle allegations the social networking company violated privacy rights. Earlier this year, U.S. District Judge Richard Seeborg rejected a proposed class action settlement over Facebook’s ‘Sponsored…
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Investigate the FBI
Trevor Timm of EFF has a great commentary on the FBI investigation that mushroomed and mushroomed and mushroomed. Here’s a snippet: Congress is now demanding to know why it wasn’t informed by the Justice Department about the details of the Petraeus affair earlier. Lawmakers should instead be worried about why the public was informed of these details…
Chesbro v. Best Buy Stores, L.P.: Court Rejects Defense of “Informational” Calls
Justine Gottshall writes: What makes an automated call “telemarketing” versus “informational”? It might be less than you think. In a recent ruling out of the Ninth Circuit, Chesbro v. Best Buy Stores, L.P., the Court has ruled that certain calls are telemarketing calls subject to the TCPA, even if the calls do not explicitly encourage a purchase…
Class Won’t Let Google Off Privacy Suit So Easy
Jonny Bonder reports that plaintiffs in a potential class action lawsuit against Google are not giving up: A class urged a federal judge to let them advance claims that Google intercepts emails and eavesdrops on online users in violation of California privacy laws. Lead plaintiffs Brad Scott and Todd Harrington sued Google in June for…