Mary Duan reports: The criminal investigation into the purported theft of an apparent iPhone prototype came at the request of Apple Inc., officials said Tuesday. Investigators said they have identified and interviewed the person who took the phone from the Gourmet Haus Staudt on March 18 after it was left there by Apple engineer Gray…
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Free at What Cost?: Cloud Computing Privacy Under the Stored Communications Act
William Jeremy Robison has a Note in the April issue of the Georgetown Law Journal, “Free at What Cost?: Cloud Computing Privacy Under the Stored Communications Act.” From the Introduction: Scott McNealy, the Chairman and former CEO of Sun Microsystems, caused an uproar in 1999 when he dismissed online privacy concerns and proclaimed, “You have…
Women’s Clothing Retailer Talbots and its Telemarketer to Pay Total of $161,000 for Violating FTC’s Robocall ‘Opt-Out’ Requirements
Women’s clothing retailer Talbots and its California marketing company have agreed to pay penalties totaling $161,000 to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they illegally delivered prerecorded “robocalls” that failed to give consumers proper notice of their right to opt out of receiving telemarketing calls. Talbots operates stores in 587 locations in 47 states, the…
Google convictions in Italy based on legal error, says expert
The Italian court which sentenced three Google executives to a suspended jail term made a legal error, according to an Italian legal expert who has studied the judgment. Elvira Berlingieri told OUT-LAW that Google was likely to win any appeal. […] According to Berlingieri, the convictions are based on Google’s failure to notify users that…