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…
Category: U.S.
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
California appellate court expands common law right of privacy
V. John Ella of Jackson Lewis writes: The Fourth District Court of Appeal for the State of California expanded the tort of “public disclosure of private facts” under that state’s common law right to privacy in a case involving a claim by an employee against her supervisor and employer. Ignat v. Yum! Brands, Inc. et al, No. G046434, (Cal….