Hanni Fahoury writes: Jason Weinstein, a deputy assistant attorney general in the Department of Justice’s criminal division, told a panel at the Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee’s “State of the Mobile Net” conference yesterday that requiring a search warrant to obtain location tracking information from cell phones would “cripple” prosecutors and law enforcement officials. We…
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Google Said to Face Fine by U.S. Over Apple Safari Breach
Sara Forden reports: Google Inc. (GOOG) is negotiating with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission over how big a fine it will have to pay for its breach of Apple Inc. (AAPL)’s Safari Internet browser, a person familiar with the matter said. The fine could amount to more than $10 million dollars, said the person, who…
Family of slain wrestler loses privacy appeal over nude pictures
Bill Mears of CNN reports on a privacy lawsuit that went up to the Supreme Court and back down and then up to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals: A federal appeals panel has tossed out a lawsuit against Hustler magazine brought by the family of a slain professional wrestling personality, a case testing privacy…
Thoughts on CISPA as we move to the Senate
I was disappointed to read a blog post by Randy Sabett on ZwillGen’s blog. Once again, someone frames privacy concerns as being a more radical “stop the bill at all costs” or “privacy at all costs” argument, although most privacy advocates agree that a bill is needed. Randy writes, in part: While the White House…