Prosecutors postponed the Tuesday arraignment for two Estero High students arrested on cyber bullying charges last month. McKenzie Barker, 15, and Taylor Wynn, 16, face one count each of felony cyberstalking after Lee County Sheriff’s detectives say the pair created a fake Facebook page to torment a classmate. The page, made to appear as if…
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North Carolina Dept. Of Revenue, Amazon Reach Settlement In Privacy Case
The North Carolina Department of Revenue has agreed to stop gathering personal data on on-line buyers. The agreement came in the settlement of a lawsuit filed by Amazon to stop the NCDOR from collecting information. The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU-NCLF, and ACLU of Washington got involved in the lawsuit on behalf of several Amazon…
Court Throws Out Warrantless Search of Car’s Data Recorder [corrected]
Metropolitan News-Enterprise reports an appellate decision from the Sixth District Court of Appeals in California in People v. Xinos, 11 S.O.S. 782: Police violated the Fourth Amendment rights of a drunk driving/vehicular manslaughter suspect by downloading data from the car’s sensing and diagnostic module without a warrant, the Sixth District Court of Appeal ruled yesterday….
MySpace’s refusal to provide defendant in rape case with victim’s account information upheld by California court
Leagle.com reports an appellate ruling in California where one of the issues involved MySpace’s challenge to a defendant’s subpoena duces tecum for information on the victim’s MySpace account: In this case, and prior to trial, a defendant in a rape case (Mohammad Yaqoob) argued information from the victim’s MySpace account would assist the defense in deciding…