Tracey Dalzell Walsh reports: Two telecom companies say Mississippi enacted an unconstitutional law that prohibits electronic “spoofing”: using devices that disguise the calling phone number, so caller ID systems cannot tell where the call is coming from. […] The plaintiffs say that only Congress or the Federal Communications Commission have the power to impose such…
Category: Court
Former Sprint-Nextel employee sentenced for improper disclosure of phone records to cocaine dealer
Amy Quesnel, 29, of Georgia, Vermont was sentenced yesterday to six months imprisonment to be followed by four months of home detention. Quesnel had previously pled guilty to a violation of the Telephone Records Privacy Protection Act, which carries a maximum sentence of ten years imprisonment and a $250,000 fine. U.S. Attorney Coffin stated that…
Ca: No breach of privacy in Calgary grow-op case, Supreme Court rules
Kirk Makin reports: A man’s home may be his castle, but records that show its electricity usage can become the property of the police, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled today. In an important ruling delineating limits to the right to privacy, a 7-2 majority said that police can obtain utility records to determine whether…
Arkansas man sues over new TSA full-body scans
The Associated Press reports: An Arkansas man has filed a federal lawsuit against the Transportation Security Administration, claiming that the agency’s new screening rules are detrimental to his “emotional, psychological and mental well-being.” Robert Dean filed the lawsuit Monday in federal court in Little Rock, even though the Little Rock National Airport does not yet…