Brian N. Radnoff and Jacky Cheung of Dickinson Wright write: Since the Ontario Court of Appeal’s decision in Jones v Tsige,[1] creating an Ontario version of the tort of invasion of privacy called “intrusion upon seclusion”, privacy-related class actions have emerged as a growth area. Many of these have focused on the institutional release of…
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Twitter admits it used two-factor phone numbers and emails for serving targeted ads
Zack Whittaker reports: Twitter has said it used phone numbers and email addresses, provided by users to set up two-factor authentication on their accounts, to serve targeted ads. In a disclosure Tuesday, the social media giant said it did not know how many users were impacted. Read more on TechCrunch.
FBI’s Use of Foreign-Surveillance Tool Violated Americans’ Privacy Rights, Court Found
Dustin Volz and Byron Tau report: Some of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s electronic surveillance activities violated the constitutional privacy rights of Americans swept up in a controversial foreign intelligence program, a secretive surveillance court has ruled. The ruling deals a rare rebuke to U.S. spying activities that have generally withstood legal challenge or review….
Attacker pinpointed victim’s home from eye image posted to social media
This sounds like it should be fiction. Scary nightmare-inducing fiction. NHK reports: A man who attacked a woman working as a so-called idol reportedly located her home by using an image reflected in her eyes in a photo on social media. Twenty-six-year-old Hibiki Sato was indicted on Tuesday for attacking the woman in her 20s….