Dan Goodin reports: A judge has chastised a lawyer for including the social security numbers and birthdays of 179 individuals in an electronic court brief, ordering him to pay a $5,000 sanction and provide credit monitoring. US District Judge Michael J. Davis said he was meting out the penalty under his “inherent power,” meaning no…
Calif. Justices Seem OK With DNA-Based Warrant
Mike McKee reports: ….. At issue in People v. Robinson , S158528, is whether an unknown suspect’s DNA profile — as opposed to a physical description — can satisfy the so-called particularity requirement for issuing a “John Doe” warrant, and whether such warrants toll the statute of limitations for bringing criminal charges. A third issue…
U.S. regulators looking at shareholder anonymity
Emily Chasan reports: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is exploring reforms that could provide companies with more information about the identity of their shareholders, a top agency official said on Wednesday. Companies usually have little information about stockholders due to long-standing practices about shareholder anonymity, and many would like better ways to contact them….
Google Dashboard lifts curtain on stored data
Tom Krazit reports: Google is proving to be well aware of the uneasiness among the public over the increasing amount of data it stores from users of its services. Google is launching Google Dashboard, a service that lets you log into a console and see all the personal data that the company maintains on a…