Attorney Venkat Balasubramani has a commentary on the issue that begins: Did Facebook’s acquisition of FriendFeed comport with FriendFeed’s privacy policy? In arguing this point, lawyers may debate the nuances of the policy, but consumers are largely left in the dark. Most observers pegged the recent acquisition by FriendFeed of Facebook and by Mint of…
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PDM Party threatens TCI Journal with lawsuit
The individuals involved in TCI Journal may have yet another defamation suit filed against them for their coverage of alleged corruption in Turks & Caicos Islands, a British territory. Turks & Caicos Weekly News reports: Inflammatory news website the TCI Journal is being threatened with yet another lawsuit for apparently publishing “patently false” and “defamatory”…
Reality Check: The Presidential Records Act of 1978 meets web-based social media of 2009
Macon Phillips posted this on the The White House blog: Recently, we have seen a few stories questioning how the Presidential Records Act (PRA) intersects with Americans’ use of modern social media, like Facebook and Twitter, to communicate with the White House. Before I address some specific issues raised in these stories, let me give…
Cybersecurity Plan Doesn’t Breach Employee Privacy, Administration Says
Ellen Nakashima reports: The Obama administration has agreed with its predecessor that a special surveillance program to monitor federal Internet traffic for malicious intrusions does not violate the privacy rights of government employees or others they communicate with. By notifying government employees logging on to their computers that they have “no reasonable expectation of privacy”…