Mark Millican reports: A Murray County 911 dispatcher who was fired for illegally tracing a vehicle license plate number while on duty pleaded guilty to felony computer invasion of privacy in Superior Court on Wednesday. Billie Jane Allen, 33, of 356 W. Walnut St., was arrested on June 15, 2009, by the Murray County Sheriff’s…
Category: Court
Nationwide bar to gay ban
Lyle Denniston writes on SCOTUSBlog: Brushing aside Obama Administration arguments that a federal judge could issue only a narrow, limited order against the Pentagon’s “don’t ask/don’t tell” policy against gays in the military services, U.S. District Judge Virginia A. Phillips on Tuesday issued a nationwide ban on any enforcement, ordering an immediate stop to any…
Complaint Alleges Facebook Shared Sensitive User Data With Advertisers
Wendy Davis reports: A Facebook update earlier this year resulted in the disclosure of users’ names and sensitive information to advertisers, two social networking site members assert in new court papers. David Gould and Mike Robertson allege that from February until May, Facebook leaked a host of data about users who clicked on ads via…
Supreme Court to rule on whether kids can be interviewed in school without warrants in sex abuse cases
Lyle Denniston reports on SCOTUSBlog: The Supreme Court, stepping into a new controversy over child sex abuse, agreed on Tuesday to decide whether the Constitution puts limits on the authority to interview children at school about claims of sexual assault. The specific issue is whether police and social workers must obtain a warrant before conducting…