Arunima Bhattacharya reports: There is no reason for creation of a separate legal framework under ‘right to be forgotten’ to delink ‘irrelevant information’ from the Internet, Google Inc told Delhi High Court on Thursday. The submission was made in an affidavit placed before Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva by Google which has contended that even if it…
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$5.5M Settlement Approved in Google Cookie Class Action
From the wow-that-will-really-hurt-them-NOT! dept.: Tom McFarland reports: A Delaware federal judge on Thursday gave final approval to a $5.5 million settlement between Google Inc. and a nationwide class of plaintiffs that had challenged the tech giant’s practice of overriding cookie blockers to access users’ internet history information. The payout, preliminarily approved in August, will be…
Wiretap privacy rules don’t apply to social media messages, N.J. court rules
S.P. Sullivan reports: Police in New Jersey can sift through a suspect’s private social media messages without applying for an order under the state’s wiretapping laws, according to a state appeals court decision published Thursday. The three-judge panel ruled communications such as direct messages and protected posts on platforms like Twitter aren’t subject to the tighter…
Reddit bans two alt-right groups over claims personal information was shared online
Fiona Simpson reports: Reddit has banned two popular “alt-right” communities from the site over claims personal information was shared in a bid to harass people. The “altright” and “alternativeright” groups, known as “subreddits”, were removed from the forum site on Wednesday. A message posted on Reddit said altright was removed for “a violation of our content…