One particularly scary consequence of privacy breaches involves criminals obtaining a target’s personal information and then contacting law enforcement to file an “emergency” report that there is imminent violence at the person’s home or someone is behind held hostage. Law enforcement “swat” teams may then rush to the scene, and in tragic cases, innocent people…
Category: Court
Distributer of encrypted phones bugged by feds handed a prison sentence
Sam Ribakoff reports: A man who distributed bugged phones to Colombian drug traffickers and money launderers as part of a bizarre international FBI sting operation was sentenced to over five years in prison for racketeering and conspiracy in a San Diego federal courtroom. “Your honor, I want to say sorry to my family,” said Osemah…
Plaintiff Can’t Keep Medical Records Private in Malpractice Case
Allie Reed reports: A nineteen-year-old patient who claims physicians mishandled her treatment for appendicitis can’t pursue her lawsuit without divulging her medical records in open court, the Massachusetts Appeals Court held Tuesday in a first-of-its-kind ruling. “Although the plaintiff has an interest in the privacy of her medical information, the defendants also have an interest…
Verizon, AT&T tell courts: FCC can’t punish us for selling user location data
Jon Brodkin reports: Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile are continuing their fight against fines for selling user location data, with two of the big three carriers submitting new court briefs arguing that the Federal Communications Commission can’t punish them. A Verizon brief filed on November 4 and an AT&T brief on November 1 contest the legal basis for the FCC fines…