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…
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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…
Nick Clegg admits: I might not have the power to stop Gary McKinnon’s extradition
James Slack and Michael Seamark report: Stopping the extradition of Gary McKinnon to the U.S. may not be within the Government’s power, Nick Clegg suggested yesterday. The comment – his first intervention in the case since becoming Deputy Prime Minister – surprised supporters of the 44-year-old computer hacker because it was completely at odds with…