Benjamin Wood reports: Local members of a veterans association paid the $440 fine of Leah Carson, one of two women convicted of creating and distributing a list of 1,300 alleged illegal immigrants that included Social Security numbers and other personal information. Ted Van Meeteren, the state chair of the American Combat Veterans of War, said…
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Erie judge refuses requests to shut down computer tracking software
Lisa Thompson reports: A federal judge in Erie has ruled that the shutdown of tracking software installed on computers sold by some Aaron’s rental stores, the subject of a class-action lawsuit, would be premature. U.S. Magistrate Judge Susan Paradise Baxter has filed a report and recommendation after Crystal and Brian Byrd requested a preliminary injunction…
Congresswoman Bono Mack’s data breach bill to be taken up in Congress Wednesday
Discussion Draft of H.R. ___, a bill to require greater protection for sensitive consumer data and timely notification in case of breach June 15, 2011 The start time for the Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee hearing scheduled for Wednesday, June 15, 2011, at 10:30 a.m. in 2322 Rayburn House Office Building has been changed. The…
After 8-year legal battle, judge finds Howling Pig editor’s rights were violated
It’s been a looong-running legal case, but Nick Dean of the Student Press Law Center reports: A federal district court ruled Friday that a former college student who published a First Amendment-protected satirical newsletter was deprived of his right against unreasonable search and seizure when police confiscated his computer. Read more on SPLC, where they provide…