Evan Brown provides a summary of and commentary on a Ninth Circuit opinion issued yesterday concerning outing online anonymous speakers. From the court’s opinion (pdf), the background on the case: The proceeding before us is but a short chapter in an acrimonious and long-running business dispute between Quixtar, Inc. (“Quixtar”), successor to the well-known Amway…
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ACLU says California DNA law violates privacy
Bob Egelko reports: Challenging a California law that requires police to collect the DNA of all suspected felons, an American Civil Liberties Union lawyer told a federal appeals court Tuesday that the government should not be allowed to take the “genetic blueprint” of someone who hasn’t been convicted of a crime. One-third of the 300,000…
Ca: Defence of Third-Party Injury Claims Are Outside Federal Privacy Law
David T. S. Fraser writes: Since the advent of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, there has been uncertainty among lawyers, private investigators and insurers about what impact this law has on the litigation of private tort claims. There has been some guidance from the Ontario courts in the Ferenczy decision, but the…
MN: Teacher’s rights violated when she was named in investigation of gay slurs, judge rules
Nancy Ngo reports: A judge has ruled the Minnesota Department of Human Rights violated the privacy of an Anoka-Hennepin school district teacher accused of making comments about a student’s perceived homosexuality by releasing the instructor’s name. Ramsey County District Judge Dale Lindman ruled late last week in favor of the teacher, Diane Cleveland, on two…