Privacy

  1. Privacy

    Biometric privacy statute does not violate First Amendment

      Plaintiffs filed a class action lawsuit against a facial recognition technology company and related individual defendants, asserting violations of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy . . .

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  2. Computer CrimePrivacy

    Is Indiana’s revenge porn law constitutional?

      In 2019, Indiana joined a number of other states and enacted a statute that makes it a crime for a person to distribute an . . .

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  3. Privacy

    Can a party recover statutory damages under the Stored Communications Act without proving actual damages?

    The Stored Communications Act (18 USC 2701 et seq.) is among the most powerful tools relating to email privacy. It is a federal statute that . . .

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  4. AnonymityPrivacy

    How Portland has not demonstrated long-term commitment to a ban on facial recognition technologies

    Portland, Oregon yesterday passed a ban on facial recognition technology. Officials cited two primary reasons for the ban. First, current facial recognition technologies less accurately . . .

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  5. AnonymityLitigation

    Should revenge porn victims be allowed to proceed anonymously in court?

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  6. ContractsPrivacy

    Facebook did not violate HIPAA by using data showing users browsed healthcare-related websites

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  7. AnonymityCopyright

    Court labels copyright plaintiff as a troll and shuts down efforts to ID anonymous infringer

    A federal judge held that a copyright holder plaintiff could not get early discovery to seek the identity of the account holder associated with a . . .

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  8. CopyrightElectronic Discovery

    Court takes into consideration defendant’s privacy in BitTorrent copyright infringement case

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  9. Privacy

    No privacy violation for disclosing information otherwise available on member-only website

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  10. AnonymityPrivacy

    Puzzling privacy analysis in decision to unmask anonymous accused copyright infringers

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