The case involving a Michigan man who is the first to be charged with a felony under Michigan’s anti-hacking statute continues to make news. Eric Johnson, Chris Bury, and Bret Hovell of ABC report, in part: This is Michigan’s first criminal prosecution for snooping through a spouse’s e-mails. So far, two Michigan judges have refused…
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NY judge questions husband-wife calls on wiretaps
Associated Press reports: A New York judge has demanded the government explain itself for eavesdropping on phone calls between an insider trading defendant and his wife. Federal Judge Richard Sullivan ruled in favor Wednesday of the government’s right to wiretap insider trading suspects, but drew the line at the private chats between a husband and…
Verizon Techs Appeal Decision Allowing Employer to Track Them with GPS
Jesse Emspak reports: A group of Verizon technicians is appealing a court decision that upheld the company’s right to use global positioning system devices to track employees’ whereabouts. The appeal was filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. In the original suit, filed in Massachusetts District Court July 2009, the workers…
Fountain Hills student-privacy case thrown out of federal court (updated)
Mary Beth Faller reports: A federal judge has dismissed claims filed by two former Fountain Hills High School students against the school district, sending the case back to Maricopa County Superior Court. On Dec. 17, U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snow ruled he had no jurisdiction in the lawsuit filed by Marguerite T.M. Green and…