Greg Land reports: A set of potential class actions filed recently in Fulton County, Ga., Superior Court against three Internet powerhouses raises interesting questions about how law enforcement agencies get information about Internet users without their knowledge. While the suits address the government’s ability to see what people do on the Web, their viability may turn…
Category: Court
Speeches: “The English Law of Privacy: An Evolving Human Right” – Lord Walker
Hugh Tomlinson QC writes: On 25 August 2010 Supreme Court Justice Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe gave a speech to Anglo-Australasian Lawyers Society at Owen Dixon Chambers, Melbourne on the subject of privacy. His title was “The English Law of Privacy: An Evolving Human Right“. The lecture contains an interesting an useful overview of the current…
French Appeals Court Rejects Geolocation-Based Evidence in Employee Privacy Case
On September 14, 2010, a French Appeals Court in Dijon (the “Court”) upheld a decision against an employer that had terminated an employee who not only used a company car for personal reasons, but also committed serious traffic violations while using the vehicle. The Court rejected evidence collected using a Global Positioning System (“GPS”) device…
Not So Brave New World: Unmasking Anonymous Online Defamation
Julian A. Biggs analyzes legal opinions concerning standards applied in various cases involving unmasking anonymous commenters on the web. He writes, in part, about Quixtar: The Court of Appeals’ opinion provides valuable guidance to trail level courts as to which test should apply in any particular case. In particular, it asserted two important governing principles:…