Jeff Gorman reports: A woman who hacked into a man’s e-mail account to expose his extramarital affair may have violated federal law, the South Carolina Court of Appeals ruled. Gail Jennings found a card for flowers in her car and correctly suspected that the flowers were not for her. Her husband, Lee Jennings, admitted to…
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Court Fails to Protect Privacy of Whistleblower’s Email
Cindy Cohn writes: Today the Eleventh Circuit issued an unfortunate amended decision in Rehberg v. Hodges. The case arose from an egregious situation in which, among other misconduct, a prosecutor used a sham grand jury subpoena to obtain the private emails of whistleblower Charles Rehberg after he brought attention to systematic mismanagement of funds at…
San Mateo D.A. Withdraws Controversial Gizmodo iPhone Warrant
Matt Zimmerman writes: Today, San Mateo Superior Court Judge Clifford Cretan granted an application by the San Mateo County D.A.’s office to withdraw the controversial warrant it obtained to search the house of Gizmodo.com journalist Jason Chen. Accordingly, “[a]ll items seized [from Chen’s home] shall be returned forthwith to Gizmodo.com and Jason Chen…” While the…
AOL Responsible for Mass Disclosure of Data
More on the recent court opinion involving the lawsuit over AOL’s 1006 release of search query data that wasn’t as anonymous as they thought. Maria Dinzeo reports: A federal judge found AOL accountable for disclosing personal information of 658,000 of its customers. U.S. District Judge Sandra Armstrong ruled that AOL’s accidental posting of its customers’…