Ninth Circuit Reverses Its Decision in Konop v. Hawaiian Air
On August 23, 2002, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, issued a decision which was a rare reversal of its own previous decision of January 1, 2001.
Category «Privacy»
Junk Fax Web Site
A group of California activists are hopping mad, to the tune of a $2 trillion lawsuit against a fax broadcasting company (fax.com, inc.) who they claim is invading their privacy. Cases were filed in both the Northern District of California and in the California Superior Court for Santa Clara County on August 22, 2002. These …
Ziff Davis Reaches Agreement With NY AG ON E-COMMERCE SECURITY STANDARDS
On August 28, New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer announced that a settlement had been reached with publisher Ziff Davis (whose holdings include PC Magazine, Extreme Tech, eWeek and CIO Insight) to resolve a security breach that compromised the personal data of some 12,000 subscribers to its Electronic Gaming Monthly. The agreement stipulates that …
Canada to Expand Internet Surveillance
The Canadian Department of Justice has released a consultation document to amend their Criminal Code, and grant law enforcement agencies broader access to data collected on Web subscribers by their respective ISPs (Patriot Act redux?).
National Archives Wants to Archive E-Records
NARA is facing the daunting task of archiving millions of electronic records for public access, many of which were created using formats that are now obsolete.
