Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA)/Stored Communications Act (SCA)
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Judge Denies Google’s Motion to Dismiss as to Federal Wiretap Act Claims in Street View Class Action
On June 29, 2011, Judge Ware of the Ninth Circuit issued an order granting in...
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Will New Supreme Court Confrontation Clause Ruling Impact ISPs?
Yesterday, the Supreme Court released its opinion in Bullcoming v. New Mexico, holding that the...
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Representative Lamar Smith Continues Push for Data Retention
Following an oversight hearing on Data Retention earlier this year, Congressman Lamar Smith (R-TX), Chairman...
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EFF gives out Gold Star to Yahoo!, Google, Amazon and Twitter for fighting for Users’ Privacy
The Electronic Frontier Foundation recently announced its first Gold Star recipients in its Who Has...
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Court Holds ECPA allows Myspace to Disclose Private Messages Pursuant to Out Of State Warrant
Yesterday, Judge Kaplan of the Southern District of New York dismissed the complaint in Hubbard...
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ZG Win Affirms ECPA Immunity for Providers Complying with Grand Jury Subpoenas Even If Document Production Function Is Out-of-State
Yesterday, in Fayelynn Sams v. Yahoo! Inc., No. 10-cv-05897 (N.D. Cal. 2011), Zwillinger Genetski obtained...
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ECPA Reform Closer to Reality
As I have testified before Congress on multiple occasions, the Electronic Communications Privacy Act is...
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Privacy Litigation and Class Action Lawsuit Against Facebook Dismissed
The Northern District of California issued its order on Facebook’s motion to dismiss in In...
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Rent to Own Furniture Supplier Sued For Spying on Customers
Aaron’s, Inc., an Atlanta-based national rent-to-own chain, is alleged to have deployed software on laptops...
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Are Smartphones Making Stakeouts A Thing Of the Past?
Senator Al Franken and Representative Ed Markey, inspired by last week’s news that Apple iPhones...
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