January 19, 2016 – Jane Doe wakes up, puts on the coffee, and gets ready for work. Not her work as a paid professional – she had to give up that job to take care of her other work. Jane sits down at the computer and begins the daily grind of trying to remove her…
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Pennsylvania Court Specifies Test for Unmasking Anonymous Online Speakers
Ryan Mrazik writes: Last week, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania vacated a trial court’s order directing the disclosure of the identities of six John Does who allegedly posted defamatory remarks on the internet and adopted a four-prong modified test for unmasking anonymous online speakers in the future. In Pilchesky v. Gatelli, 2001 Pa. Super. 3, Nos….
Fingerprints Go the Distance – Are Our Laws Keeping Up?
Ian Geldard sent me a link to an article on Technology Review about a fingerprint technology that has the potential to become yet another part of public surveillance. Here are some snippets from the article so you can understand the potential for misuse: Now a company has developed a prototype of a device that can…
SCOTUS: Employee background checks do not violate right to informational privacy – NASA v. Nelson
The Supreme Court has issued its opinion in National Aeronautics and Space Administration v. Nelson, a workplace privacy case involving background checks (previous coverage). Employees had argued that forms used by NASA violated their constitutional right to informational privacy. The court found for the government, holding that the background check questions at issue were reasonable…