Neil Hunt, Chief Product Officer for Netflix, announced today that Netflix has canceled their Neflix Prize Sequel. The contest generated a number of privacy concerns and an FTC investigation. In an announcement on their web site, he writes: …. In the past few months, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) asked us how a Netflix Prize…
Category: Court
Judge Rules DOJ Unlawfully Recorded Renzi’s Calls
Mike Scarcella writes: The Justice Department unlawfully recorded privileged phone calls between former Rep. Rick Renzi (R-Ariz.) and his lawyers during an insurance fraud investigation, a federal magistrate judge in Arizona ruled Thursday in recommending the recordings be suppressed. Magistrate Judge Bernardo Velasco found that prosecutors made false statements to the supervising judge regarding the…
European Court of Justice rules on German DPA system
On March 9, 2010, the European Court of Justice ruled that the Federal Republic of Germany’s practice of “state supervision” over data protection authorities violates EU Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC. The case, brought by the EU Commission, is a milestone which will force Germany to change the structure of its DPA system and could have…
High court rules a homeless shelter is a home — in privacy terms
Martin Finucane reports: A homeless shelter is a person’s home, at least when it comes to privacy protections under the state and federal constitutions, the state’s highest court ruled today. The Supreme Judicial Court [of Massachusetts] ruled in the case of a juvenile who was living with his mother in a Roxbury homeless shelter in…