Robert Snell reports: Federal prosecutors are refusing to reveal customers from Oakland County and the 248 area code who hired hookers from a high-priced escort service but are willing to out clients from Detroit, according to federal court records. The legal tactic was unveiled in records filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Detroit involving…
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Could Michigan case have implications for cookies?
John Dvorak has an interesting take on the Michigan case where a husband may be charged with a felony for accessing and reading his wife’s email account: The Michigan law about computer misuse is suppose to protect your online and computer privacy, but has anyone even thought how cookies invade your privacy? Michigan has a…
MO: Cheerleaders Sue School to Get Back on Team
Anyone who knows me will know that I never aspired to be a cheerleader while in high school. While some of my peers were practicing kicks, flips, and waving their pom poms around, I was out organizing political protests and engaged in activities related to civil rights. How ironic, then, that over 40 years later,…
Class Claims Apple Apps Spy on Users
Bridget Freeland reports: Despite its claims of “strong privacy protections,” Apple approved applications for iPhones and iPads that intercept personal information and track users’ habits without authorization, according to a federal class action. The class claims that apps such as Dictionary.com, Pandora, the Weather Channel and Backflip – creator of the “Paper Toss app” –…