The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Thursday rejected [opinion, PDF] an appeal from an Internet domain owner seeking to recover $10 million in damages from an online marketer under the federal CAN-SPAN (sic) Act. James Gordon had recruited his friends and relatives to collect thousands of unsolicited emails as evidence that…
OPC: Accusearch violates Canadian privacy law
When the 10th Circuit upheld a ruling against U.S.-based Accusearch over the sale of telephone records on its Abika.com web site (discussed here), that was not its only problem. On July 31, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada ruled that Accusearch also violates key provisions of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents…
Philly cop accused of running criminal background check on Obama
Philadelphia’s police department is investigating why an officer used his police car’s computer to run a criminal background check on President Barack Obama. Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey said Friday the officer could face discipline for performing the check Wednesday morning. The Secret Service alerted the department after it learned about the incident from National Crime…
Senators Feingold, Durbin press for PATRIOT Act reform
U.S. Senators Russ Feingold (D-WI) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) are advocating reforms to the USA PATRIOT Act and related surveillance laws as part of the reauthorization of expiring provisions that the Senate will consider later this year. Feingold and Durbin have informed the Attorney General and the Chairmen of the Senate Judiciary and Intelligence Committees…