Noeleen G. Walder reports: A plaintiff must give a defendant access to private postings from two social networking sites that could contradict claims she made in a personal injury action, a Suffolk County, N.Y., judge has ruled. Acting Supreme Court Justice Jeffrey Arlen Spinner (See Profile) held that precluding defendant Steelcase Inc. from accessing Kathleen…
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When Obama said he’d end DADT, he didn’t mean NOW, silly goose!
Jerry Markon reports: The Obama administration objected Thursday to immediately ending the military’s ban on openly gay service members, saying that an injunction to stop the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy might harm military readiness in a time of war. In a filing with a federal court in California, the Justice Department said that a judge…
Industry Will Benefit From Clearer Electronic Communications Privacy Law
Kashmir Hill reports: The Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA)– which protects electronic communications from government searches — was created in 1986 and is ripe for a makeover. The Senate Judiciary Committee discussed the need for a facelift for the Act today with attorneys from law enforcement, the Commerce Department, the tech industry, and civil rights…
Online Data Broker Settles FTC Charges Privacy Pledges Were Deceptive
An online data broker that charged consumers $10 based on the promise that it could “lock their records”so others could not see or buy them, has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that its claims were deceptive and violated federal law. The settlement requires that the operation refund the fees it charged to nearly…