Wendy Davis writes: Facebook has been hit with two new potential class-action lawsuits stemming from recent revisions to its privacy settings. The cases, filed in federal district court in San Jose, Calif. on behalf of nine Facebook users, allege that the new settings decreased users’ privacy and “resulted in wider access to personal information that…
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Appeals Court Backs EFF Push for Telecom Lobbying Documents Disclosure
The Electronic Frontier Foundation provides this press release following yesterday’s ruling by the Ninth Circuit: Today a federal appeals court rejected a government claim of “lobbyist privacy” to hide the identities of individuals who pressured Congress to grant immunity to telecommunications companies that participated in the government’s warrantless electronic surveillance of millions of ordinary Americans….
Shah Rukh signs off sexy body-scan printouts at Heathrow – or does he?
How many assurances have we seen that data from airport strip search scanners is destroyed immediately? A news story of February 6 by ANS suggested that this may not be the case. Indian star Shah Rukh Khan recently told BBC’s Jonathan Ross that not only did airport staff at Heathrow print out his very revealing…
Rome Trial Tackles Piracy Responsibility of Telecom Carriers
Philip Willan reports: A trial is due to open in Rome Wednesday that pits a major antipiracy organization against Telecom Italia and the national Privacy Authority over who is responsible for policing the Internet. FAPAV, the Audiovisual Antipiracy Federation, backed by the Italian Authors and Publishers’ Society (SIAE), is suing Telecom Italia for damages for…