The press watchdog has upheld two complaints from X Factor judge Dannii Minogue against the Daily Mirror and Daily Record over invasion of privacy. The singer complained when the papers reported she was pregnant before her 12-week scan, which can establish the health of an unborn baby. […] The Daily Mirror and Daily Record had…
Category: Court
EFF Fights for Cell Phone Users’ Privacy in Thursday Hearing
Government Should Come Back With a Warrant If It Wants Location Information Philadelphia – The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) will be arguing this Thursday before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit in Philadelphia, urging the court to block a government attempt to seize telephone company records detailing a cell phone user’s past…
Pirate Movie Privacy Case Set For The Norwegian Supreme Court
enigmax blogs: Should copyright holders be allowed to get the identities of Internet users behind an IP-address for private prosecutions, or should that ability be left solely with the police? That’s the key question behind a pivotal hit movie camcorder case which is set to move amid an unusual amount of secrecy to Norway’s Supreme…
Lawsuit alleges Cable One eavesdropped on customers
Tracey Dalzell Walsh reports that Cable One, whose homepage logo says “Watch us make you smile,” is being sued for allegedly watching its customers without their consent: A federal class action accuses Internet provider Cable One of “interception and eavesdropping” by installing devices in its broadband network so that NebuAd, an Internet ad company, could…