Craig Hoffman writes: On May 12, 2011, a California federal court dismissed substantive claims in a class action privacy lawsuit against Facebook. The plaintiffs alleged eight causes of action under federal and state law, claiming that Facebook shared users’ personal information with advertisers without the users’ consent. Although the judge found that the plaintiffs had standing…
Category: Laws
AU: Police win phone data – new laws to invade your privacy
Simon Benson reports: Spy agencies and federal and state police will be able to order phone companies to seize customers’ personal data even before a warrant is issued under controversial changes to cyber security laws to be introduced today. The cyber crackdown comes as the country’s intelligence agencies revealed they detected 250,000 cases of hacking…
Dutch parliament passes legislation on cookies opt-in
The lower house of the Dutch parliament has passed legislation requiring websites to get visitors permission before installing tracking cookies. The controversial legislation went through various versions before passing, from requiring permission for all cookies to mandating an opt-in only for third-party cookies that collect personal information or pass that information on to third parties….
FL: Scott Suspends Florida State Employee Drug Testing
Phillip Smith reports: Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) has suspended his March executive order mandating random drug testing of state employees. He quietly sent a memo to agency heads on June 10 announcing the decision, but the move wasn’t publicly exposed until the ACLU of Florida posted the memo on its web site last week. Scott issued…