Jennifer Peltz of Associated Press reports that Raphael Golb’s trial has started in New York. I’ve covered the case on PogoWasRight.org in the past (here, here). What’s unusual about it is that the defendant is charged criminally with online harassment, impersonation, and identity theft for what most of us are used to just writing off…
Category: Court
Cops on Camera (video)
Cato Institute has uploaded a really good video about video and audiotaping law enforcement in the performance of their duties:
Pittsburgh settles lawsuit over exposing confidential medical info
Joe Smydo of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that one of two federal lawsuits recently settled by the Pittsburgh City Council involved a breach of confidential medical information both in a public meeting and online. Although this is a settlement and not a court or jury decision, what’s interesting is that the basis for claim was violation…
Recent Lawsuits Challenge Use of Flash Cookies to Track Online Behavior
Robert D. Forbes writes: Four recent lawsuits filed against some of the Web’s biggest media companies challenge the alleged use of Flash cookies capable of circumventing a user’s ability to prevent the tracking of online behavior. The four complaints (available here, here, here, and here) center around the defendants’ alleged tracking of consumers’ online behavior through the use of…