Defendants in criminal proceedings are imposed conditions or restrictions when granted supervised release. Now with Internet crimes on the rise, United States (U.S.) courts are imposing the prohibition from accessing the Internet as condition of supervised release. The prohibition from accessing the Internet may be imposed as initial condition or may be added as modification…
Category: Online
Phorm shares fall as BT opts out
Shares in the online ad firm Phorm have fallen by a third after BT said it had no immediate plans to use the service that tracks online behaviour. Phorm serves up adverts related to a user’s web browsing history, which it monitors by taking a copy of the places they go and search terms they…
Spy chief’s family details on Facebook
The Daily Mail reports that personal and family details of Sir John Sawers, the new head of MI6, were exposed after his wife published intimate photographs and family details on her Facebook page. According to the paper, “Amazingly, she had put virtually no privacy protection on her account, making it visible to any of the…
Jammie Thomas will appeal, lawyer says
It’s official: Jammie Thomas-Rasset intends to appeal her case, one of her lawyers told CNET News on Wednesday. “She’s not interested in settling,” attorney Joe Sibley said in a brief phone interview. “She wants to take the issue up on appeal on the constitutionality of the damages. That’s one of the main arguments–that the damages…