Helen Christophi reports: A Ninth Circuit panel gave little indication Tuesday whether it will revive a proposed class action accusing Facebook of spying on cancer sufferers to target them with medical advertising. U.S. Circuit Court Chief Judge Sidney Thomas peppered Facebook’s lawyer with questions hinting that he was undecided about [Read More…]
A California federal judge has shot down Viacom’s bid to send to arbitration a proposed class action accusing it of unlawfully collecting and selling personal information belonging to children who used one of its mobile apps, ruling that there was no evidence that the users had ever seen or agreed [Read More…]
Does the right to a defense trump any students’ privacy rights under FERPA? If if a court orders it, it sure does, the defense claims – and I think they’re right. Britain Eakin reports: Accused Russian agent Maria Butina urged a federal judge Friday to allow her to seek information [Read More…]
Alene Tchekmedyian reports: Richard Gregory Bauer didn’t hide his identity when he gathered information to hack into the email and social media accounts of his female friends, family members and co-workers. In some cases, the U.S. attorney’s office said, he told them via Facebook that he was working on a [Read More…]