“The Insider” has obtained a multi-million dollar lawsuit filed by Jennifer Lopez against her ex-husband Ojani Noa, who Lopez claims is trying to release a movie about their marriage as well as home-video footage of her. Lopez accuses Noa and another defendant, Ed Meyer, of producing and marketing a proposed feature film called ‘How I…
Class Claims Gamer Swiped Phone Numbers
Maria Dinzio reports: A maker of games for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch collected players’ phone numbers without their knowledge, according to a federal class action. The class claims Storm8, creator of “iMobster” and “Vampires Live,” wrote its software to collect phone numbers automatically when players download the games. Storm8 acknowledged on Aug. 26…
ContactPoint database of 11 million children’s details to go ahead despite security fears
Martin Beckford and Graeme Paton report: Ministers are pressing ahead with the introduction of ContactPoint to every local authority in the country after claiming that a pilot project has proved a success. They say the long-delayed £224 project will make England’s 11million young people safer by providing a single register that can be used by…
New ‘smart’ electrical meters raise fresh privacy issues for consumers
Daniel Silva reports: The new ”smart meters” utilities are installing in homes around the world to reduce energy use raise fresh privacy issues because of the wealth of information about consumer habits they reveal, experts said Friday. The devices send data on household energy consumption directly to utilities on a regular basis, allowing the firms…