Alice Miranda Ollstein reports: Anti-abortion activists and elected officials have a backup plan should the Supreme Court reject their arguments for nationwide restrictions on the abortion pill mifepristone. In fact, they have several. The lawsuit that went before the high court Tuesday challenging federal regulation of abortion pills is just one piece of the movement’s…
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EU Court Upholds Authority of Data Protection Agencies
Seen at Iberian Lawyer: The national authority for the protection of personal data has sufficient authority to order data deletion even if the data subject has not requested it. A ruling from the Court of Justice of the European Union based in Luxembourg clarifies that the European Regulation on the Protection of Personal Data empowers…
Victory! EFF Helps Resist Unlawful Warrant and Gag Order Issued to Independent News Outlet
Mario Trujillo and David Greene write: Over the past month, the independent news outlet Indybay has quietly fought off an unlawful search warrant and gag order served by the San Francisco Police Department. Today, a court lifted the gag order and confirmed the warrant is void. The police also promised the court to not seek…
Google Biometric Law Breach Judge Skeptical of Suit’s Viability
Joyce E. Cutler reports: A lawsuit accusing Google LLC of violating the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act by accessing images collected and packaged by two other companies got a lukewarm reception from a federal judge in Silicon Valley. Judge Beth Labson Freeman with the US District Court for the Northern District of California noted Thursday that the…