Greg Land reports: A set of potential class actions filed recently in Fulton County, Ga., Superior Court against three Internet powerhouses raises interesting questions about how law enforcement agencies get information about Internet users without their knowledge. While the suits address the government’s ability to see what people do on the Web, their viability may turn…
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SC Court Revives Case Over Hacked Email Account
Jeff Gorman reports: A woman who hacked into a man’s e-mail account to expose his extramarital affair may have violated federal law, the South Carolina Court of Appeals ruled. Gail Jennings found a card for flowers in her car and correctly suspected that the flowers were not for her. Her husband, Lee Jennings, admitted to…
Email Snooping Can Be Intrusion Upon Seclusion
Attorney Evan D. Brown discusses a case that sheds some light on how courts may view a privacy invasion claim of “intrusion on seclusion” when a firm’s employee email is hosted in the cloud: Local elected official Steinbach had an email account that was issued by the municipality. Third party Hostway provided the technology for…