Catherine Thorbecke reports: Attorneys for Taylor Swift are threatening legal action against the Florida college student who tracks the private jets of celebrities and public figures, including Swift. Jack Sweeney confirmed to CNN on Tuesday that he received a cease-and-desist letter threatening legal action from attorneys for Swift about the social media accounts he runs…
Category: Court
Data broker allegedly selling de-anonymized info to face FTC lawsuit after all
Ashley Belanger reports: The Federal Trade Commission has succeeded in keeping alive its first federal court case against a geolocation data broker that’s allegedly unfairly selling large quantities of data in violation of the FTC Act. On Saturday, US District Judge Lynn Winmill denied Kochava’s motion to dismiss an amended FTC complaint, which he said plausibly argued that “Kochava’s data…
IRS Seizure of Crypto Records Sets Up Privacy Rights Showdown at 1st Circuit
Avalon Zoppo writes: An investor’s challenge to the Internal Revenue Service’s seizure of his cryptocurrency exchange records has teed up a showdown with the government at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit over privacy rights and how the “third-party doctrine” applies in the digital age. The Boston-based appeals court will consider a…
Maine Voter List Privacy Law Quashed by First Circuit
Allie Reed reports: Maine’s voter file containing the names, addresses, birth years, and voting history of 1.1 million registered voters is a public record that can be reproduced despite the state’s privacy concerns, the First Circuit said Friday. The National Voter Registration Act, which subjects records related to voter list maintenance to public inspection, overrides…