As a follow-up to my coverage of the super-secret U.K. injunction prohibiting U.K .media from publishing any nude photos of Tiger Woods (if they exist) and seemingly prohibiting U.K. media from even divulging the contents of the injunction, it’s now been revealed how that injunction was leaked in the U.S. media. According to Times Online,…
Thinking of suing under CAN-SPAM? Think again.
I would have thought – or hoped – that an ISP could successfully sue a spammer under CAN-SPAM by simply demonstrating that their server(s) were misused for a spam run. I would have thought wrong. Ronnie London writes in the Privacy & Security Law Blog that the bar for a successful lawsuit is higher than…
MN: Law enforcement asking for data privacy flexibility
I don’t know about you, but whenever I hear that law enforcement is asking for “flexibility” when it comes to our privacy or civil liberties, I have a Pavlovian “uh-oh” response. Brad Swenson reports: State lawmakers may consider a special category for data to allow law enforcement more investigative options, says Sen. Mary Olson. “With…
Protect worker privacy: Reading e-mail to lawyer in N.J. case went too far
This editorial appears in today’s Star-Ledger: The state Supreme Court has an opportunity to give a New Jersey employer a virtual smackdown and protect workers’ privacy. The court will decide whether an employee who corresponded with her lawyer through a personal e-mail account on a company-owned laptop was protected by attorney-client privilege. Loving Care Agency…