FourthAmendment.com alerts us to this report by Tony Bartelme: Last month, Herman Jacob took his daughter and her friend camping in the Francis Marion National Forest. While poking around for some firewood, Jacob noticed a wire. He pulled on it and followed it to a video camera and antenna. The camera didn’t have any markings…
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Judge Demands $50 Million From Plain Dealer
I was waiting for the other shoe to drop on this one, and now it has. As reported previously, the Cleveland Plain Dealer recently unmasked an online commenter and identified her as a judge. Now the judge is suing the paper for $50 million. Jeff Gorman of Courthouse News reports: A state court judge demands…
State Farm Challenges Constitutionality of Canadian Privacy Law
Michael Geist writes: Later this month, the Federal Court of Canada will hear a case in Halifax that threatens Canada’s privacy law framework. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. is contesting the constitutional validity of Canada’s private sector privacy legislation (PIPEDA), arguing it oversteps the federal government’s jurisdictional power. My weekly technology law column (Toronto…
Symposium On Usable Privacy and Security
The sixth Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS) will be held July 14-16, 2010 at Microsoft in Redmond, WA. This symposium will bring together an interdisciplinary group of researchers and practitioners in human computer interaction, security, and privacy. The program features technical papers, workshops and tutorials, a poster session, panels and invited talks, and…