Nate Anderson has the exclusive report: Last week, the law firm of Dunlap, Grubb, & Weaver dropped a letter in the mail. A few days ago it was opened by a woman whom we’ll call Sabine (she asked that her identity be kept private, and some details and dates of her case have been altered…
Category: Court
Oregon Judge Slaps Google With Restraining Order Over Private Wifi Data (updated)
Nick Saint reports: An Oregon judge has issued a restraining order forbidding Google from destroying data the company accidentally recorded from private wifi networks with its Street View cars. Google had announced its intention to consult with privacy advocates and governments about the best way to dispose of the data. Residents of Oregon and Washington…
Corporations Do Not Have Personal Privacy Rights in Government Records, Groups Tell U.S. Supreme Court
Corporations should not be able to claim a personal privacy right to try to shield government documents about them from public view, six public interest organizations told the U.S. Supreme Court late Monday. In a friend-of-the-court brief, the groups urged the court to grant review of and overturn a lower court decision holding that corporations…
Anonymous accused Bittorrent user moves to quash subpoena using real name
Evan Brown writes: …… Worldwide Film Entertainment has sued over 700 anonymous Bittorrent users over the 2007 film The Gray Man. As with any case of this sort (like the numerous RIAA lawsuits), the plaintiff doesn’t know the identity of the various defendants when the lawsuit starts. …. So Worldwide Film Entertainment had a subpoena…