Google has been fined $US8500 ($9100) in Brazil after an anonymous internet user posted defamatory messages on one of its sites against a priest, calling him a “paedophile”, media reported on Sunday. A court in the state of Minas Gerais ruled in favor of the 54-year-old priest, identified by his initials J.R., after rejecting Google’s…
Category: Court
“Peeping Tom” Allegation May Not Fly in “Webcamgate”
Matthew Heller comments: A high-profile privacy lawsuit against a Pennsylvania school district that allegedly used remote-controlled cameras on laptop computers to snoop on students may turn out to be a tempest in a teapot unless the plaintiffs can show the district had some voyeuristic purpose. […] There is no doubt the district bungled badly by…
The Irrelevancy of the Fourth Amendment in the Roberts Court
Another new Fourth Amendment article: The Irrelevancy of the Fourth Amendment in the Roberts Court by Thomas K. Clancy of the University of Mississippi School of Law, 85 Chi.-Kent L. J. 191 (2010). Here’s the abstract: Since John Roberts Jr. became Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, there has been a measurable decline in the…
UK: Queen’s tailor sues former employee
Harry Wallop reports on what would be considered an “insider breach” over on databreaches.net: Britain’s oldest tailor, Ede & Ravenscroft, is suing a former employee, which it accuses of stealing vital customer data. The company, sells not just bespoke suits but is also supplies gowns to all the Oxbridge colleges and robes to the House…