As part of a yearlong effort to combat the growing trend of telemarketing scams affecting Hoosiers, Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller announced yesterday that he had filed lawsuits against two California-based companies that blasted out faxes to numerous consumers in violation of Indiana’s Do Not Fax law. The suits allege ProStarr Satellite, Inc. and Association…
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Gloucester woman jailed in second ID theft case
Ever see a coffee mug or t-shirt with a sweet message about sisters being best friends? We probably won’t find any in one Gloucester family, where one sister has used her sister’s identity when charged with crimes – twice. Indeed, the very first sentence in the news report give s a clue that we’re not…
EPIC Files Lawsuit for Information about “Digital Strip Search” Devices
On December 17, 2009, EPIC filed a lawsuit against the Department of Justice concerning the use of whole body imaging devices used by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). TSA has confirmed the Whole Body Imaging machines are being used in at least one Virginia federal court by the US Marshall Service: EPIC submitted a FOIA…
Google to abide with Swiss court ruling
Google will comply with an expected Swiss court ruling into whether its Street View web service fails to protect people’s privacy by showing their faces and licence plates, the company and Swiss authorities said. The company is accused of failing to obscure such sensitive images from its photo mapping application sufficiently and setting cameras at…