A court in Naples has ordered a woman to take down photos posted on Facebook from her honeymoon after her husband complained that he did not give his permission for her to post them. She may even have to pay damages. Read more on The Local (IT).
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Court orders Yahoo to face privacy suit over scanned email
Bloomberg reports: Yahoo! Inc was yesterday ordered by a federal judge to face a lawsuit alleging its scanning of email to target advertising violates users’ privacy rights. In a mixed ruling, US District Judge Lucy H. Koh in San Jose, California, granted Yahoo’s request to throw out federal wiretap claims that its terms of service…
ACLU Backs Facebook Against District Attorney
Nick Divito reports: The New York Civil Liberties Union threw its support behind Facebook’s legal challenge to the Manhattan District Attorney’s forcing the social media site to turn over the contents of 381 user accounts. The ACLU and the NYCLU filed an amicus brief on Aug. 7 in New York County Supreme Court. “The sensitive…
Only one in 100 cloud providers meet latest EU data protection requirements
Archana Venkatraman reports: The vast majority of cloud providers are not yet prepared to meet the requirements of the new EU General Data Protection Regulation that will come into effect next year to replace the EU Data Protection Directive adopted in 1995, research has revealed. Only one out of 100 cloud service providers are ready…