Evan Brown writes; Plaintiff sued the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles and a number of state officials for violation of the federal Driver’s Privacy Protection Act, 18 USC §2721-25. Plaintiff claimed that the defendants turned over a large amount of protected personal information to a private party, and that that party then…
Category: Court
Woman Says Yahoo! Bandies Her Name About
Lisa Buchmeier reports: Yahoo! links ads for an erectile dysfunction drug to a Wisconsin genealogist and Native American historian, violating her privacy and making it appear that she endorses the drug, the woman claims in Federal Court. Bev Stayart claims the bogus link to Levitra ads damaged her “positive and wholesome image.” Stayart, who has…
CA7 won’t follow majority in Comprehensive Drug Testing
John Wesley Hall Jr. writes: In a child pornography case, the Seventh Circuit finds that a search warrant for evidence of video voyeurism sought in defendant’s house did not limit the government from using its software package to look for all picture and video files on defendant’s computer. Child pornography was found, too. If the…
Lawsuit alleges Norton Anti-Virus automatic license renewal violates NY law
Courthouse News reports that Symantec Systems, publishers of Norton products, is named in a class action lawsuit that alleges that Symantec automatically renews people’s subscription to its anti-virus software without asking if they want it renewed. The lawsuit was filed in New York State Supreme Court on January 19. The lead plaintiff, Kenneth Elan, claims…