John Timmer writes: In 2008, the social networking site Classmates.com found itself on the receiving end of a class action lawsuit that focused on its membership recruitment tactics. The company has now settled the suit via the typical mechanism: trivial discounts to the affected parties, and some hefty legal fees. But, as part of the…
Category: Court
Spouses have bathroom privacy rights, Minnesota appeals court says
Emily Gurnon reports: The Minnesota Court of Appeals has ruled that a spouse has a “reasonable expectation of privacy” when alone in her home bathroom. “A spouse does not lose all claims to privacy through previously sharing some intimate information, activity or viewing with the other spouse,” Judge Doris Ohlsen Huspeni wrote for a three-judge…
Crime scene photos request sparks privacy debate
Bill Rankin reports: In 1990, five families lost their children, all college students in Gainesville, Fla., to a serial killer who grotesquely mutilated his victims. In 1994 a new outrage confronted those same families: Florida media outlets filed for access, under the state’s public disclosure law, to crime-scene photos that were beyond horrific. The families…
Netflix cancels prize sequel
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…