From Courthouse News, word of a lawsuit filed by Anthony Chiu in federal court for the Northern District of California against Apple for violations of the Stored Communications Act, invasion of privacy, and other claims. The lawsuit seems to be based on an Wall Street Journal “What They Know” article and research by Eric Smith of…
Month: January 2011
NJ Supreme Court: Privacy of expunged criminal records not a guarantee
Peggy Wright reports: A person cannot have an expectation of privacy if his or her criminal record has been expunged but then publicly made known if the disseminated information is accurate, the state Supreme Court ruled unanimously today. The state’s highest court dismissed a libel and defamation lawsuit that a former political aide referred to…
Cal.6th: There is a federal constitutional right of privacy in medical and psychiatric records
From FourthAmendment.com: There is a Griswold constitutional right of privacy in medical and psychiatric records which can only be disclosed when there is a compelling state interest, which the court finds here in a SVP [Sexually Violent Predator] case. People v. Gonzales, 2011 Cal. App. LEXIS 91 (6th Dist. January 27, 2011) Read more on FourthAmendment.com. From…
Case Law: JIH v News Group Newspapers, anonymity regained
Edward Craven writes: The Court of Appeal today handed down judgment in the case of JIH v News Group Newspapers Ltd ([2011] EWCA 42). In allowing the appeal against the order of Tugendhat J ([2010] EWHC 2818 (QB)) the Court ordered that the claimant’s anonymity should be restored. Although the Court stressed that each decision is…