I posted another news story about this incident on DataBreaches.net the other day, but the privacy breach aspects make it appropriate for this blog, too. Travis Loller of Associated Press reports: A man who bragged about hacking into Miley Cyrus’ e-mail account and distributing revealing pictures of her has been arrested on unrelated charges, according…
Category: Court
Judge refuses to open sealed documents in sex-assault case for Broncos’ Cox
Carlos Illescas reports that The Denver Post, Associated Press and New York Times failed in their attempt to get a court to unseal documents in a criminal case involving sexual assault charges against Denver Broncos athlete Perrish Cox. The judge’s decision seems to indicate that she felt it would not be fair to the defendant…
CA: Judge throws fuel on battle over officer privacy
Ali Winston reports: In the last few days of 2010, a Los Angeles judge issued a critical opinion in the ongoing struggle over privacy between law enforcement unions and civil liberties advocates. On December 30, Judge Joseph Di Loreto barred the release of the names of Long Beach Police Department officers in response to a Public…
A Big Victory for the Little Guy: PIPEDA protects judgment debtor’s right to privacy
Antonin I. Pribetic writes: Today’s Court of Appeal for Ontario judgment in Citi Cards Canada Inc. v. Pleasance, 2011 ONCA 3 (Ont. C.A.) is an important victory for judgment debtors and upholds debtor privacy rights under Ontario’s Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, S.C. 2000, c. 5, (“PIPEDA”). The appeal dealt with the issue of whether a judgment…