Denis J. O’Malley reports: A former computer technician allegedly hacked into three womens’ Facebook and e-mail accounts, pilfered nude pictures of them and posted one of the victim’s pictures on her Facebook page. David Sica, 25, of 613 Hickory St., Old Forge, turned himself in at the Lackawanna County district attorney’s office Wednesday afternoon. He…
Category: Court
Chris Sheean on the latest Google class action
Attorney Chris Sheean comments on Gaos v. Google, a class action lawsuit that seems to have been inspired by a complaint Chris Soghoian had filed with the FTC, mentioned previously on this blog. The background on the lawsuit, as provided by Sheean: […] In the Gaos suit, Google is alleged to have violated the privacy rights…
Court gives school personnel a free pass for searching student’s cell phone
Venkat Balasubramani discusses a recent decision in a case previously mentioned on this blog: J.W. v. Desoto County School Dist., et al., 09-cv-00155-MPM-DAS (N.D. Miss.; Nov. 1, 2010) The Virginia Attorney General set off a small firestorm (e.g., “Should Teachers Be Searching Cell Phones?“) when he issued an opinion to the effect that principals and teachers…
UK Case Law: XJA v News Group: another case on anonymity
On 3 December Mrs Justice Sharp handed down judgment in the case of XJA v News Group [2010] EWHC 3174 (QB)). This was a privacy action, where an interim holding injunction was extended by consent until trial or further order. The claimant had made an application on short notice against the defendant, News Group Newspapers for…