Andrea Smith reports: Facebook and privacy sometimes seems like an oxymoron — words or ideas that contradict one other. Users complain about Facebook’s privacy settings being too difficult to understand and properly implement. Now, Facebook and the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) want to change that through a consumer education program. Read more on Mashable.
Category: U.S.
Dismissal of Sams v. Yahoo! affirmed by Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of a Sams v. Yahoo! yesterday. The Summary: The panel affirmed the dismissal of putative class claims that Yahoo! Inc., a network service provider, violated the Stored Communications Act when it disclosed subscriber information to the government pursuant to allegedly invalid subpoenas. The panel held that…
No reasonable expectation of privacy in hidden computer files still accessible by Limewire
From FourthAmendment.com: Defendant had no reasonable expectation of privacy in his computer from police accessing it via Limewire when he was hooked up to the Internet. He did not create an expectation of privacy from his efforts to hide files on his computer. Warshak has no application to this situation. United States v. Conner, 2013 U.S….
NSA data center front and center in debate over liberty, security and privacy
Catherine Herridge reports that although NSA director General Keith Alexander denies that the new Utah Data Center will hold data of American citizens, critics – including former NSA employees – say we should be concerned. Read more on FoxNews. h/t, Joe Cadillic