Public Citizen writes: We recently filed an amicus brief about the standards for subpoenas identifying anonymous Internet users accused of defamatory or otherwise wrongful communications in a surprising venue – the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. The underlying case was filed in the Western District of Washington by Macao Music…
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Revenge porn: Hunter Moore Takes Plea Deal, Will Go To Prison
Adam Steinbaugh writes: Hunter Moore, the infamous involuntary porn kingpin who was facing trial in March, has agreed to plead guilty two felony charges: one count under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (18 U.S.C. § 1030(a)(2)(c)) and one count of aggravated identity theft (18 U.S.C. § 1028A(a)(1).) The violation of the CFAA — commonly referred…
A cookie can last 7,984 years, according to new international privacy study
UK websites place more cookies but give more information than any other country surveyed An international study led by the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) into the use of cookies has revealed that some websites are placing cookies on computers and other devices that will long outlast the usefulness of the device. A cookie is…
Dutch court urged to strike down national data-retention law
[JURIST] Privacy advocates in the Netherlands on Wednesday urged the District Court of The Hague[official website] to issue a preliminary injunction and declare unconstitutional the nation’s data-retention law. The law [text, in Dutch], enacted in 2009, allows [WSJ report] the Dutch government to retain telephone and Internet data of citizens for up to 12 months…