Cindy Cohn of EFF writes: The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, ruling en banc in a case called Mohamed v. Jeppesen Dataplan, yesterday adopted the Bush and Obama Administration’s joint Executive Branch power grab in the form of the state secrets privilege. The Court, in a 6-5 en banc ruling, dismissed a case brought by victims…
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Privacy group sues to get records about NSA-Google relationship
Ken Dilanian of the L.A. Times reports on EPIC’s lawsuit to obtain documents relating to the relationship between the NSA and Google, as reported earlier today on this blog. “As of 2009, Gmail had roughly 146 million monthly users, all of whom would be affected by any relationship between the NSA and Google,” the privacy…
Company Hit With $459 Million Judgment Over ‘Junk Fax’ Transmissions
Greg Land reports: A now-defunct home improvement company has been hit with a $459 million “junk fax” judgment following a four-hour bench trial, said plaintiffs attorney Marc B. Hershovitz. The case, originally filed in 2003, targeted American Home Services Inc. for sending unsolicited fax advertisements to 306,000 class members in violation of the Telephone Consumer…
Freiwald on Much-Anticipated Cell Location Privacy Decision
I’ve been waiting to hear Professor Freiwald’s reaction to the recent Third Circuit decision . Here we go… Danielle Citron writes: Professor Susan Freiwald generously agreed to blog about the recent Third Circuit decision regarding the privacy protections afforded cell phone location data. Here is Professor Freiwald’s commentary on the case: The Third Circuit…