Nick Saint reports: An Oregon judge has issued a restraining order forbidding Google from destroying data the company accidentally recorded from private wifi networks with its Street View cars. Google had announced its intention to consult with privacy advocates and governments about the best way to dispose of the data. Residents of Oregon and Washington…
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Google Balks at Turning Over Data to German Regulators
Kevin J. O’Brien reports: Google on Thursday balked at requests from regulators in Germany and Hong Kong to surrender fragments of Internet data and e-mails it had improperly collected from unsecured home wireless networks, saying it needed time to resolve legal issues. In Germany, Google said it was not able to comply with the Hamburg…
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These phone numbers are public on Facebook, although their owners probably don’t know that. More information below. What is this? This site randomly displays the private phone numbers of unsuspecting Facebook users. […] How does it work? There are uncountable numbers of groups on Facebook called “lost my phone!!!!! need ur numbers!!!!!” or something like…
Anonymous accused Bittorrent user moves to quash subpoena using real name
Evan Brown writes: …… Worldwide Film Entertainment has sued over 700 anonymous Bittorrent users over the 2007 film The Gray Man. As with any case of this sort (like the numerous RIAA lawsuits), the plaintiff doesn’t know the identity of the various defendants when the lawsuit starts. …. So Worldwide Film Entertainment had a subpoena…