“No expectation of privacy in public.” How often have we hard that phrase? But does that mean it’s really okay to tweet everything you hear a feuding couple say to each other? David Pell writes: … [Andy] Boyle was at a Burger King when a young married couple at a nearby table had an argument. The…
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CabinCr3w Publishes Personal Information Of Abusive Denver Cop
Anyone old enough to remember the police drama on TV, “Hill Street Blues,” will remember the line, “Let’s be very careful out there.” There’s another reason for police to be “very careful out there” these days: if you’re identified as a police officer who has been abusive to protestors, you may find your personal details…
Private Conversations and the Disclosure of Private Facts Tort
Eugene Volokh has a commentary on The Volokh Conspiracy that will likely surprise some people and inform: Occasionally, I see assertions that disclosing certain private information about someone — for instance, details of their sex lives, medical history, or financial affairs — would be tortious, even if the disclosure is in a private conversation. (See,…
Are We Too Hung Up on Privacy?
L. Gordon Crovitz discusses Jeff Jarvis’s book, Public Parts: How Sharing in the Digital Age Improves the Way We Work and Live, on WSJ. He writes, in part: Congress is considering several privacy bills. But Mr. Jarvis calls it a “dire mistake to regulate and limit this new technology before we even know what it…