Thomas P. Crocker has an article (pdf) in the current issue of UCLA Law Review. Here’s the abstract: This Article explores a conflict between the protections afforded interpersonal relations in Lawrence v. Texas and the vulnerability experienced under the Fourth Amendment by individuals who share their lives with others. Under the Supreme Court’s third-party doctrine,…
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Article: Preemption and Privacy
Paul M. Schwartz has an article (pdf) in Yale Law Review that provides much food for thought. Here’s the abstract: A broad coalition, including companies formerly opposed to the enactment of privacy statutes, has now formed behind the idea of a national information privacy law. Among the benefits that proponents attribute to such a law…
Sanford Wallace fined $711 million for Facebook spam
Posted on Facebook’s blog yesterday: Today, a San Jose, Calif. court awarded Facebook $711 million in damages against Sanford Wallace, one of the spammers who accessed people’s accounts without their permission and sent phony Wall posts and messages. While we don’t expect to receive the vast majority of the award, we hope that this will…
Privacy Act Does Not Apply to White House?
From their press release: Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that the Obama administration argued in a recent court filing that the Privacy Act does not apply to the Executive Office of the President (EOP). This court filing came in a Judicial Watch lawsuit filed in 1996…