Yesterday I linked to a news story about a lawsuit against Canadian ISP Netfirms.com. The suit alleges that the firm broke U.S. laws by providing an American citizen’s user’s information to the Thai government. Simon Roughneen had some additional coverage of the case on PBS, including a link to the complaint. Interestingly, it appears that…
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[Commentary] WikiLeaks: Shabby journalism is still journalism, isn’t it?
Back in my college days, if you had asked me whether I’d forever remember one particular art professor from my junior year, I would have laughed. But decades later, I still remember Mrs. Phillips. With her hair pulled back in a severe bun and her thousands of slides of famous paintings, her classes were the…
Beijing Court Finds 21 Defendants Guilty of Criminal Privacy Violations
On August 5, 2011, the Beijing Second Intermediate People’s Court announced its decision in what is reported to be the largest criminal case to date involving the misuse of personal information in Beijing, China. The Court based its ruling on Article 7 of the Seventh Amendment to the Criminal Law, which applies to three types…
Facebook Responds: Changes Privacy Settings and Sharing Options
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…