From their press release: Leopold~Kuvin, P.A.filed a class action lawsuit (Case# 9:11-cv-81292-KLR) in the Southern District Court of Florida today against Best Buy Corporation for violating the Drivers’ Privacy Protection Act or “DPPA”, a federal statute that protects the privacy of personal information assembled by State Department of Motor Vehicles (DMVs). The lawsuit alleges Best…
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Malls track shoppers’ cell phones on Black Friday
Annalyn Censky reports: Attention holiday shoppers: your cell phone may be tracked this year. Starting on Black Friday and running through New Year’s Day, two U.S. malls — Promenade Temecula in southern California and Short Pump Town Center in Richmond, Va. — will track guests’ movements by monitoring the signals from their cell phones. Read…
Will the European Court of Justice stymie attempts to identify Internet users?
TJ McIntyre calls our attention to an important opinion: This time last year I blogged about Bonnier Audio v. Perfect Communication, the Swedish case which questioned whether data retained under the Data Retention Directive could be used in litigation to identify users accused of infringing copyright. In that case five audiobook companies brought an action against Perfect…
Customers must know if call monitored, court tells CashCall
Bob Egelko reports: A business must notify its customers that telephone conversations with employees will be monitored, and can be penalized $5,000 per call for secret eavesdropping, a state appeals court ruled Monday. California law “protects an individual’s right to know who is listening to a telephone conversation,” the Fourth District Court of Appeal in…