A former employee of the University City school district has filed a discrimination lawsuit claiming he was forced to resign after nude pictures were taken of him and posted on the Internet without his knowledge. Gregory L. McAboy, who according to his Facebook page was most recently assistant band director at University City High School,…
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Texas Sold Babies’ Blood to Pentagon & Private Firms, Class of Parents Says
Cameron Langford reports: Texas illegally “sold, trade, bartered and distributed” babies’ blood to private companies and the Pentagon without asking or telling their parents, after taking the blood as part of Texas’ “mandatory newborn screening program,” parents claim in a federal class action. Blood from 8,800 babies was sold or traded for lab equipment from…
AU: Attorneys-general to discuss legal gags on Facebook
Options to enforce legal gags on users of social networking websites like Facebook will be discussed today at a meeting of Australia’s attorneys-general. One of the attorneys-general, John Rau, from South Australia, this morning said he would raise concerns about the effectiveness of suppression orders in the age of social networking. “The publishing on a…
Lawsuit Alleges Interclick ‘History Sniffing’ Violates Fed Computer Fraud And Wiretap Laws
Wendy Davis reports: A New York resident sued behavioral targeting network Interclick for allegedly using Flash cookies and history-sniffing techniques to thwart her attempts to prevent online tracking. “Interclick invaded Plaintiff’s privacy, misappropriated her personal information, and interfered with the operability of her computer,” Sonal Bose alleges in a complaint filed in U.S. District Court…