Jay Root of the Associated Press reports: Texas health authorities will destroy as many as four million blood samples taken from babies without parental consent and stored indefinitely for scientific research. The Texas Department of State Health Services announced Tuesday it would destroy the samples after settling a federal lawsuit filed by the Texas Civil…
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Fr: Polanski sues French magazines over family photos
The AFP reports: Roman Polanski, under house arrest in Switzerland on child sex charges, is suing French magazines for publishing photos the director feels infringed his privacy, legal sources said on Tuesday. The pictures were taken when the 76-year-old Oscar-winner returned to his chalet in the chic Swiss Alpine resort of Gstaad to continue his…
OH: Teachers’ data are private, union says
Catherine Candisky updates us all on a case that pits a teachers’ union against the state’s Republican Party. The head of Ohio’s largest teachers union told a judge yesterday that releasing the names, addresses and other personal information of licensed teachers, administrators and school staff puts their safety and privacy at risk. “Acts of violence,…
AU: Spammer fined, banned from cluttering inboxes
Amelia Bentley reports: A Sunshine Coast man accused of being the mastermind of the world’s largest online spam operation, which could send 10 billion emails a day, has been fined $210,000 by a Brisbane court. Lance Thomas Atkinson, 26, who today failed to appear in court, was also banned from sending unsolicited commercial emails for…