A German doctor who had previously requested that a company stop sending him email advertisements took the company to court when they continued sending him unwanted email. According to a story in The Local, the doctor had had brief correspondence with the company but then had requested that they stop sending him email. Explaining why…
Internet is not a place to hide
David Canton comments on court rulings in Canada concerning unmasking anonymous posters or bloggers. He writes, in part: In Canada, there have been numerous instances where courts have required Internet service providers to release the identity of an individual if evidence can be produced that the accused has committed illegal or actionable behaviour. For example,…
Gmail Breach Lawsuit Can’t Be Secret, Judge Says
Thomas Claburn reports on an interesting breach-related lawsuit. Apparently, a Rocky Mountain Bank employee accidentally sent a confidential file containing customer names, addresses, tax identification numbers, and loan information for over 1,300 individuals and business clients to the wrong Gmail address. When the bank tried to contact the recipient of the errant email to…
Police ready to ‘take on’ commenters, chief says
Tony Plohetski reports: Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo says he and some of his officers have been harassed, lied about and had their identities falsely used in online blogs and in reader comment sections on local media Internet sites. They’ve had enough. In a meeting this month with department brass, Acevedo and the group discussed…