The Electronic Privacy Information Center is suing the Federal Trade Commission over Google’s decision to change its privacy policies. That may sound a convoluted way to go about things, but EPIC thinks it’s spotted an important legal loophole.
If you’ve got files stored on Megaupload and you haven’t got a back-up, you need to cross your fingers. The companies that physically host the files have agreed to keep them online for two more weeks, but after that they could start hitting delete.
I know we have to be careful in light of 9/11 and the increased security threats, but isn’t this taking things to the extreme a little?
Whatever you think of Megaupload, Kim Dotcom, and the way the site was being used for less-than-legal means, you should spare a thought for those who were using Megaupload completely legitimately. As they have lost out by the site’s takedown in a big way.
Twitter has announced a new policy that allows it to remove tweets from viewers in one country only. It’s defended itself against claims of censorship by saying the move is a practical way of maintaining free speech.
If European officials have their way, “fuhgeddaboutit” could become a legally binding order. New rules would mean net users across the continent would have the right to force a company to delete all personal data about them in most circumstances.
The founder of Megaupload, a digital locker service taken down by the feds last week, has appeared in court in New Zealand. And so begins the long legal battle we’re all gearing up for.
As filesharing websites begin covering their tracks after the closure of Megaupload, you might be forgiven for thinking it was doomsday for a particular method of piracy. In fact the technique remains alive and well, but may now be relying on the goodwill of those interested in freebies.
The operators of major filesharing website Megaupload say they’ll defend themselves against criminal charges. Their lawyer plans to argue that not only do the charges themselves not hold up, but the enforced closure of the site before trial is a violation of due process.
In a company with tens of thousands of employees and contractors, it can be hard to make sure every one follows the best possible standards. That’s about the nicest thing you can say about two recent incidents that sure don’t tally with Google’s much-hyped “don’t be evil” policy.
Does Apple own Steve Jobs’ likeness? Or perhaps the question should be, Can Apple own Steve Jobs’ likeness?
Senators who questioned Google executives in September have passed on their findings to the Federal Trade Commission. The gist of it is that they can’t prove anything illegal but something doesn’t smell quite right.
The US constitution prevents legal constraints on the right to free speech. And according to one judge that right trumps the right not to be stalked online.
The FBI looks to have some involvement in the scandal over Carrier IQ, a data snooping system on potentially millions of smartphones. But whether that’s as gamekeeper or poacher is a secret at this stage.
Falling down really doesn’t begin to cover it. Whereas we’ve all heard about the pair of Research in Motion executives so drunk and unruly they got thrown off an Air Canada flight to China, it’s just now becoming clear just how disruptive and out of control they were.
A convicted killer has won the right to a retrial after a court accepted it was inappropriate for a juror to have posted about the case on Twitter while it was still proceeding. Defense lawyers had complained that a second juror had been asleep during the trial.
Yahoo has been awarded $610 million in damages from scammers who used its name for a bogus lottery. But the firm has about as much chance of winning the top prize in a real lottery as collecting the cash.
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