A German data protection official said Wednesday he launched legal proceedings against Facebook, which he accused of illegally accessing and saving personal data of people who don’t use the social networking site. Johannes Caspar said his Hamburg data protection office had initiated legal steps that could result in Facebook being fined tens of thousands of…
Category: Court
Classmates.com Asks Judge To Dismiss Privacy Lawsuit, Claiming Info Was Public Before Policy Change
Wendy Davis reports: Reunion site Classmates.com is asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that the site violated users’ privacy by revising its default settings to make users’ information accessible via Facebook, iPhone apps, and other third-party services. In a motion arguing that the case should be dismissed, Classmates.com says that users’ profile…
Fight Against Telco Immunity Continues in Court of Appeals
From EFF.org: Continuing its efforts to seek judicial review of AT&T’s involvement in the National Security Agency’s warrantless wiretapping of millions of Americans, EFF has filed the final brief in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals challenging the retroactive immunity provision of the FISA Amendments Act. The brief explains the chief constitutional problem with the…
UK: Judges reject government appeal over stop-and-search
The Home Office says it is reviewing counter-terrorism laws after a European court decided the government could not appeal against a ruling that said random stop and searches were illegal. The European Court of Human Rights came to its decision in January and it has now insisted it cannot be challenged. It followed a case…