Last month, a federal judge ruled that an Ohio woman and her boyfriend could sue Absolute Software for capturing sexually explicit images on a laptop she purchased without knowing it was stolen. With the trial set to start within days, the case has settled. Andrew Welsh-Huggins of Associated Press reports: … A federal judge ruled…
Category: U.S.
TSA Agent Threatens Woman With Defamation, Demands $500k For Calling Intrusive Search ‘Rape’
Mike Masnick writes: Amy Alkon is an advice columnist and blogger who is just one of many people who has had a horrifying and traumatizing experience going through airport security lately. After being pulled aside for an “enhanced” search, she found the process to be so invasive and so in violation of her own rights…
Poll: OK to trade some freedoms to fight terrorism
Associated Press reports: Surveillance cameras in public places? Sure. Body scans at airports? Maybe. Snooping in personal email? Not so fast. The same Americans who are increasingly splashing their personal lives across Facebook and Twitter trace a meandering path when asked where the government should draw the line between protecting civil liberties and pursuing terrorism….
“The Right to be Forgotten”, seen from Spain
Peter Fleischer writes: I’d like to share some personal musings about an interesting series of court cases pending in Spain, pitting the “right to be forgotten” against the right to freedom of expression. The New York Times reported on this debate recently. In a nutshell, the cases ask the question whether people can demand that search engines delete…