Paul Alan Levy writes: In Doe v. Coleman, a decision issued yesterday, the Kentucky Supreme Court overruled a decision of the state court of appeals which, considering the validity of a subpoena to identify defendants who had been sued for defamation based on comments about a local official, had held that [Read More…]
Wow. Aneesha Mathur reports: In a significant ruling related to privacy on social media, the Delhi High Court today directed Internet messaging service WhatsApp to delete all data and information of all users from its servers up until September 25 when its new privacy policy comes into effect. A bench [Read More…]
The New York Daily News reports that ESPN is trying to get Jason Pierre-Paul’s privacy lawsuit tossed out of court by claiming that he had given their reporter, Adam Schefter, permission (“authorization”) to publish his records. Color me skeptical. Let’s see a blood-stained email as proof, or voicemail, or any proof [Read More…]
Great reporting by Sam Biddle on Google’s entrenchment in privacy scholarship. Why isn’t there more transparency and disclosure by the researchers, though? Sam reports: In January, academic-turned-regulator Lorrie Cranor gave a presentation and provided the closing remarks at PrivacyCon, a Federal Trade Commission event intended to “inform policymaking with research,” as she put it. Cranor, [Read More…]