Josh Stockinger reports: A Kane County judge dismissed identity theft charges against an Aurora woman this week after her attorney argued the state statute under which she was charged is unconstitutional. Claudia G. Madrigal, 33, had been accused of using her position at a Batavia insurance company to access another woman’s personal information in January…
Category: Court
E.W. Scripps Co. joins text privacy case before Supreme Court
Damon Arthur reports: The E.W. Scripps Co., parent company of the Record Searchlight, has joined other news organizations in filing a brief in a case before the U.S. Supreme Court that could have implications on the public’s right to access government records. Lawyers for E.W. Scripps and several other news agencies filed the “friend of…
Prosecutors: ESPN reporter Erin Andrews’ stalker taped 16 other women, ran background checks
The Associated Press reports that prosecutors claims that sportscaster Erin Andrew’s stalker also breached other individuals’ privacy: The man who stalked ESPN reporter Erin Andrews and shot nude videos of her through a hotel room peephole videotaped 16 other women and ran background checks on 30 people, including female sports reporters and TV personalities, according…
Facebook Privacy Settlement Hits Bumps
Zusha Ellison reports: Lawyers pushing a Facebook privacy settlement are trying to fend off critics by suggesting in a Thursday filing (pdf) that privacy organizations are raising objections because they didn’t get a piece of the action. Facebook settled a class action in September over its controversial Beacon advertising program that broadcast to friends what…