Sharon P. Duffy reports: In a case that could prove to be one of the most important privacy rights battles of the modern era, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear argument this week on the proper legal standard to apply when prosecutors demand cell phone location data. The data, which are recorded…
Category: Court
AU: Net piracy fight takes body blow
Asher Moses reports: Hollywood studios and record labels are being forced to go back to the drawing board to come up with a new way of combating online piracy after the Federal Court ruled that internet service providers are not required to police copyright infringement on their networks. The music industry says it may have…
DOJ not pleased with latest Google Book agreement
Elinor Mills reports: Although the amended settlement agreement for Google’s Book Search addressed some concerns the U.S. Justice Department had, it still could give the company anticompetitive advantages in the digital book marketplace, the agency said on Thursday. The Department of Justice advised the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York that…
Editorial: Florida trampled woman’s rights
Today’s St. Petersburg Times has an editorial about a case previously covered on PHIprivacy.net. They write: Samantha Burton wanted to make her own decisions about her obstetrical care, but the state of Florida wouldn’t let her. Claiming it was protecting her fetus, the state took away her rights as a patient and a citizen and…