Wendy Davis writes: Facebook has been hit with two new potential class-action lawsuits stemming from recent revisions to its privacy settings. The cases, filed in federal district court in San Jose, Calif. on behalf of nine Facebook users, allege that the new settings decreased users’ privacy and “resulted in wider access to personal information that…
Category: Court
Norway court rejects industry bid to block The Pirate Bay
AFP reports: A Norwegian court has rejected a record industry appeal against telecoms operator Telenor for refusing to block access to popular file sharing website The Pirate Bay, a plaintiff said Wednesday. The Oslo court of appeal said that it is not currently possible, under Norwegian law, for a judge to order an Internet service…
Appeals Court Backs EFF Push for Telecom Lobbying Documents Disclosure
The Electronic Frontier Foundation provides this press release following yesterday’s ruling by the Ninth Circuit: Today a federal appeals court rejected a government claim of “lobbyist privacy” to hide the identities of individuals who pressured Congress to grant immunity to telecommunications companies that participated in the government’s warrantless electronic surveillance of millions of ordinary Americans….
Judge dismisses Windows anti-piracy software lawsuit
Gregg Keizer reports: A federal judge last week dismissed a three-year-old lawsuit that accused Microsoft of duping customers when it fed them company anti-piracy software as a critical security update, court documents show. U.S. District Court Judge Richard Jones dismissed the case last Friday, a day after the plaintiffs and Microsoft agreed to drop the…