Pointer: David Fraser provides a round-up of significant Canadian privacy cases in 2010 on his blog.
Category: Court
PA: Women Say Salon Filmed Them Naked
Lisa Coston reports: Two women claim they were surreptitiously photographed naked at a tanning salon, and their nude photos posted on “numerous pornographic websites.” The women sued Sunkissed Tanning and Spa and its owner in Westmoreland County Court. In separate but identical complaints, both women say they were longtime customers of the tanning spa in…
Police-Created Exigent Circumstances in Kentucky v. King
Orin Kerr writes: Next week, the Supreme Court will be hearing oral argument in Kentucky v. King, a potentially significant case on the exigent circumstances exception to the Fourth Amendment. The exigent circumstances exception is a longstanding exception to the warrant requirement, but the Supreme Court has carefully avoided saying what the actual test is…
Canadian sues Google over Buzz
Kevin Rollason reports: A Manitoban is suing Google for unspecified damages in a class-action suit over alleged problems with the launch of Google’s Buzz program earlier this year. It took information from user email and integrated it with social networking accounts like Facebook. Lawyer Norman Rosenbaum is acting for Tyler Wereha, of Rosa, Manitoba. Rosenbaum…