A controversial law forcing communications companies to keep records of customers’ phone and internet use for six months was to be scrutinised on Tuesday by the constitutional court after 34,000 people lodged appeals against the law. Germany’s highest court, based in Karlsruhe in the state of Baden-Württemberg, was to examine 60 separate legal questions regarding…
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Online Commenter Did Not Waive Right to Anonymity by Agreeing to News Website’s Privacy Policy
Eric Goldman’s Technology & Marketing Law Blog discusses a recent court opinion concerning unmasking anonymous online commenters that I hadn’t heard about: Sedersten v. Taylor, 2009 U.S. Dist LEXIS 114525 (Case No. 09-3031-CV-S-GAF) (W.D. Mo. Dec. 9. 2009). A Missouri district judge rejected a plaintiff’s attempt to unmask an online commenter based in part on…
Colo. court: immigrants tax records are private
Ivan Moreno of the Associated Press reports: The Colorado Supreme Court ruled Monday that authorities violated the constitutional and privacy rights of suspected illegal immigrants when they used tax returns to try and build hundreds of identity theft cases against them. The ruling affirmed a decision by a Weld County district judge who suppressed evidence…
SCOTUS will hear appeal on privacy of text messages sent on employer-owned devices
Reporter David Savage updates us all on an important case that the U.S. Supreme Court has now agreed to hear: The Supreme Court said today it would rule for the first time on whether employees have a right to privacy when they send text messages on electronic devices supplied by their employers. The justices agreed…