Paul Ohm writes: In March, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, the court that sets federal law for Alabama, Florida, and Georgia, ruled in an opinion in a case called Rehberg v. Paulk that people lacked a reasonable expectation of privacy in the content of email messages stored with an email provider….
Category: Court
Companies Can Buy Bulk DMV Records, Court Says
Annie Youderian reports: Businesses can buy and resell motor vehicle records in bulk without actually using them, so long as they intend to use them for “permissible purposes,” the 5th Circuit ruled, dismissing six class actions challenging the practice. Under the Driver’s Privacy Protection Act (DPPA), businesses must demonstrate a “lawful purpose” for obtaining DMV…
Oklahoma City man files suit over false background check information
Randy Ellis reports: An Oklahoma City man who claims he was falsely listed as a sex offender has filed a $1 million Oklahoma City federal court lawsuit against two Internet companies that provide criminal background search information. “It’s amazing what I’ve been through,” Tony Lee Green, 33, told The Oklahoman. “I ended up basically homeless….
UK: ‘Sexual adventurer’ accessed information on Hampshire police computer
A Hampshire policeman acted as a “sexual adventurer” by using the force computer to access women’s details, a court heard. PC Robert Campbell told one woman he would post up pictures of her in her underwear at the police station if her husband, a wanted man, did not give himself up. He pursued four women,…