Kit Chellel and Jeremy Hodges report that over 20 lawsuits that were filed against Facebook over tracking users even after they log out of their accounts have been consolidated. The cases will be heard as one lawsuit in federal court in San Jose. “This is not just a damages action, but a groundbreaking digital-privacy rights…
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German privacy official warns Facebook investors
Earlier today Associated Press reported: A German data protection official has warned Facebook investors that the social networking site’s $38 starting share price is based on practices that breach European privacy rules. Thilo Weichert, the data protection commissioner for the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein says shareholders should be aware that if European privacy authorities…
ABA Commission Proposes Ethics Rule Requiring Adequate Data Security
Scott Loughlin writes: Data protection long has been a legal responsibility for lawyers. The American Bar Association now is proposing to make clear that the protection of a client’s data is an ethical responsibility of the lawyer as well. The Commission on Ethics 20/20 of the American Bar Association released its Report to the House of Delegates recommending several modifications to the ABA Model Rules…
Hulu Said to Disclose Users’ Viewing Habits
Nick McCann reports; A class of Hulu subscribers who claim the website discloses what they watch to third parties without their consent argued that their action should continue in San Jose’s federal court. In their amended class action complaint, six Hulu subscribers said the video site “repurposed” its browser cache so a marketing analyst service called…