Eric Goldman writes: Plaintiffs sued MyLife for selling background reports about them and furnishing “public reputation scores.” MyLife aggregates its data from third-party sources, but the plaintiffs “seek to hold Defendant liable for packaging and re-publishing this information on its website without their permission.” Article III Standing. The plaintiffs have standing because “both Plaintiffs have…
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DuckDuckGo Profits on Privacy
C. Blair Robinson, legal intern at Robinson+Cole, writes: 2021 was a rough year for many businesses, but there was at least one winner: in a recent blog post, privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo reported a record growth of over 46 percent and now claims to serve more than 27 million Americans. Unlike other search engines, which sell…
Senator Wyden Wants ‘Tough Regulations’ On Facebook, Touts Proposed ‘Do Not Track’ Law
Wendy Davis reports: Senator Ron Wyden on Tuesday called for a national privacy law that would include “tough regulations” on Facebook’s ability to harvest data about its users. “It is past time for a federal data privacy law,” the Oregon Democrat said at an online video conference during which advocacy groups petitioned for new legislation. Read more…
Twitter Can’t Quash a 512(h) Subpoena
Eric Goldman discusses a case involving the unmasking of a pseudoanonymous Twitter user via a 512(h) subpoena. Don’t know what that is? Neither did I. Read on: This case involves the Twitter account “@CallMeMoneyBags,” a pseudonymous account. In October 2020, the user posted 6 tweets attacking Brian Sheth, a private equity billionaire, that included photos “depicting…