Jim McElhatton reports: President Obama has named two lawyers and a former federal judge to an independent privacy board recommended by the 9/11 Commission that has sat dormant for years under he and President George W. Bush. The nominations Thursday fill out the five-member Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, where vacancies have left the…
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Lawsuit claims Kaiser disclosed confidential birth records to adopted child
Courthouse News reports: A couple says Kaiser disclosed confidential birth records to an adopted child who was searching for his birth parents. The plaintiffs, using pseudonyms, said James Ingraffia showed up on their doorstep, claiming to be their son. The birth parents say this clued them in that Kaiser had given their birth son confidential,…
PA: Court Denies Defense Motion Seeking To Obtain Plaintiff’s Social Network Information
Attorney Scott Cooper points us to a decision that bucks what seems to be an emerging trend in requiring people to turn over their social media logins to opposing parties in litigation: Last week, the Court of Common Pleas in Franklin County, Pennsylvania in Arcq v. Fields et al, No. 2008-2430 (Herman J. Franklin Co. Dec….
When Computer Misuse Becomes a Crime
Ginny LaRoe has a helpful article on the upcoming rehearing en banc of United States v. Nosal , a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals case that asks whether violating an employer’s computer use policy is a violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, a law that started life as an anti-hacking statute. A few…