Two California residents have sued social networking site Tagged.com for allegedly duping them into sharing their email contacts and then sending those contacts misleading ads. […] The lawsuit comes several weeks after New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said he intended to sue Tagged for false advertising, invasion of privacy and engaging in a…
Category: Court
Justice Eady defends judge-made privacy law
Mr Justice Eady has publicly defended the way in which judges have developed the law of privacy. The senior High Court judge also argued the current rarity of privacy claims contested by the media was evidence that journalists had changed their ways. Sir David Eady, who has been pilloried by some editors for developing what…
Taxman wins right to see details of 500,000 offshore bank accounts
The names and bank details of up to 500,000 wealthy Britons holding money in offshore saving accounts will be passed to HM Revenue and Customs after the tax authority won an important court ruling yesterday. The Special Commissioners, the UK’s top tax court, ordered more than 300 UK and foreign banks to hand over details…
Woman sues ex-boyfriend over nude photos on Web
A Chicago woman says she was mortified when a high school friend said he had spotted nude photos of her on a Web site, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday. The woman instantly suspected her ex-boyfriend, who had taken the photos but promised — even after their February 2006 breakup — that he would keep…