Nathan Gorenstein reports: A federal appeals court in Philadelphia will decide whether it is constitutional for the government to take DNA samples from people arrested, but not convicted of a crime, and keep the specimens on file like fingerprints. The case applies only to defendants in federal criminal cases, not those convicted of a crime….
Category: Court
Internet User Tracking Techniques Yield New Privacy Violation Claims
Jonathan Bick and Elan Raffel write: Behavioral-based marketing targeting is a technique used by traditional and internet publishers and advertisers to increase the effectiveness of their campaigns. In the past, marketing firms conducted surveys of readers’ preferences and affiliations. Today, internet marketing firms collect data associated with individuals’ internet behavior. Said collection efforts have been…
GBI arrests Ga. cop for running tag info
From Morris News Service: Georgia Bureau of Investigation agents arrested a Commerce police officer this week on charges he ran a license plate check for personal reasons. GBI agents arrested Officer Matthew Scott Rogers, 44, on Tuesday on a single charge of criminal of invasion of privacy using a computer. Read more in the Augusta…
Private actions challenging online data collection practices are increasing: Assessing the legal landscape
The article by Eric C. Bosset, Simon J. Frankel, Mali B. Friedman, Stephen P. Satterfield, “Private actions challenging online data collection practices are increasing: Assessing the legal landscape,” in the February 2011 volume of Intellectual Property & Technology Law Journal is available online. Here’s a snippet from the introduction: … The outcome of these suits may well…