Dan Rowinski writes: Facebook announced today that it is making it easier to share information with specific people in the platform through an inline sharing button and revisions to its tagging system. The options will be next to everything that can be shared on Facebook, allowing users to customize who does and does not get to see…
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Calif. Assembly passes cell-phone privacy bill
Marisa Lagos reports: The state Assembly unanimously approved a bill Monday that would force law enforcement officers to secure a warrant before they can search the contents of a cell phone. The measure has changed slightly since it was approved by the state Senate last month, so the upper house must weigh in again before…
Another Federal Court Rules That Access to Long-Term Cell Phone Records Requires a Warrant
Joel Stashenko writes: Authorities must establish probable cause and secure a warrant before obtaining information from cell phone providers that can indicate the round-the-clock whereabouts of customers, a federal judge in Brooklyn ruled yesterday. Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable searches apply to the so-called cell-site-location records as surely as judges of a previous generation found…
Ca: Federal Court awards minimal damages under PIPEDA
David Fraser writes: The Federal Court has recently released its second decision in which damages have been awarded for a breach under PIPEDA. Once again, the degree of damages are very low considering the costs associated with seeking redress before the Federal Court, but this very likely turns on the unique facts of the case….