Brooklyn Draisey reports: A University of Iowa student who feels his online security and that of all UI students who use Zoom to access classes has been compromised has brought a lawsuit against the university, alleging negligence and seeking relief and an order for the university to secure its online instruction. Marc Muklewicz, a 46-year-old…
U.S.-Born Citizen Arrested As ‘Unauthorized Alien’
The government is out of control. Maybe employees of ICE should be sentenced to double the time in jail that innocent people have spent. Jessica Schulberg reports: A U.S.-born citizen was arrested in Florida on Wednesday and charged with illegally entering the state as an “unauthorized alien.” Twenty-year-old Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez was detained for a…
Judge Rules Blanket Search of Cell Tower Data Unconstitutional
Matthew Gault reports: This article was produced in collaboration with 404 Media, a new independent technology investigations site. A judge in Nevada has ruled that “tower dumps”—the law enforcement practice of grabbing vast troves of private personal data from cell towers—is unconstitutional. The judge also ruled that the cops could, this one time, still use the…
Another California Court Rejects Privacy Claims Targeting Online Chat Feature
Erin Moore and Matthew Verdin of Covington and Burling write: Plaintiffs’ lawyers have continued to bring privacy claims targeting businesses that use vendors to help provide beneficial chat features on their website, as we last reported here. Late last year, a Southern District of California judge dismissed another set of privacy claims challenging the routine use…