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Missouri Federal Judge: State Law Doesn't Allow Privacy Claim Based On Defamation

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Missouri law does not recognize a claim of false light invasion of privacy based on allegedly defamatory comments, a Missouri federal magistrate judge ruled June 8, granting a motion to dismiss a former shoe store employee's claim against

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California Health Department Fines 5 Hospitals For Privacy Breaches

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) announced June 10 that it has fined five California hospitals for failing to prevent unauthorized access to confidential patient information. Full story on lexis.com

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Oregon High Court: No Right To Privacy In Abandoned Bags

SALEM, Ore. - A person who disclaims ownership of bags and voluntarily abandons them relinquishes any right to privacy in them, the Oregon Supreme Court ruled May 27 (State of Oregon v. Sheena Brown, No. SC S057594, Ore. Sup.; 2010 Ore. LEXIS 396). Full

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Divided N.Y. Court Of Appeals Upholds Canine Sniffs Of Cars Stopped By Police

ALBANY, NY - Suspicious answers and behavior by two sets of drivers and passengers were sufficient to allow police to conduct canine sniffs of two vehicles, a divided New York Court of Appeals ruled June 8 (The People &c. v. Damien Devone, No. 91, The

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Former Treasury Department Worker's Privacy Act Claims Rejected For Lack Of Proof

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on June 22 upheld a trial court's ruling that a former U.S. Treasury Department employee's Privacy Act suit could go no further after he failed to show that the disclosure of records

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FBI Releases Ted Kennedy File After Conservative Group Files FOIA Suit

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Just days after a conservative, nonpartisan foundation filed a federal lawsuit against the FBI on June 9 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia seeking all of the agencies' records related to Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy

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Connecticut AG Announces Investigation Into Google's Collection Of Personal Data

HARTFORD, Conn. - Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal announced June 21 that his office will lead a multistate investigation into Google Inc.'s collection of personal data from wireless computer networks while using its specially equipped

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Amended Complaint Filed Against Google Over Data Collected While Making Maps

PORTLAND, Ore. - Google Inc. violated the privacy rights of numerous Oregon and Washington residents when it sampled and decoded publicly broadcast wireless (WiFi) signals and data through its fleet of specially adapted vehicles (GSV vehicles) used to

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Florida Appeals Court Quashes Order To Turn Over Cell Phone, Computer Records

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - An order directing a Florida woman to turn over her computer hard drive and cell phone for a complete search of records from the past year is too expansive and violates the woman's right to privacy, a Florida appeals court ruled

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Motion Filed Before JPMDL To Consolidate Google Wiretapping Suits

WASHINGTON, D.C. - A motion was filed before the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPMDL) on June 14 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia seeking to consolidate all current cases relating to Google Inc.'s alleged interception

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Federal Complaint Alleges Facebook Shares Users' Info With Third-Party Advertisers

SAN JOSE, Calif. - A California man filed a proposed class action complaint against Facebook Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on May 28, alleging that the online social networking site shared users' sensitive personal

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ACLU Seeks To Intervene In Amazon.com's Suit Over N.C. Sales Records

SEATTLE - The American Civil Liberties Union on June 23 filed a motion to intervene in the federal lawsuit Amazon.com filed in April against the secretary of the North Carolina Department of Revenue (DOR) opposing his demand for the names, addresses and

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Supreme Court Finds Search Of Employees' Text Messages Was Reasonable

WASHINGTON, D.C. - A police department's search of the transcripts of its employees' text messages was reasonable and did not violate the employees' Fourth Amendment rights, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled June 17, reversing a ruling by the Ninth Circuit

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Preliminary Approval Of Settlement Granted In Missouri DPPS Suit

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Missouri federal judge on May 28 granted a motion for preliminary approval of a class action settlement in a lawsuit that accused Missouri state officials and a data provider of violating federal and state privacy laws by selling

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Tennessee Appeals Court: No Right To Privacy In Public Places

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A search warrant allowing police to comb the home of a man accused of videotaping under women's skirts at a shopping mall was issued without probable cause because the women had no reasonable expectation of privacy in a public setting

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Missouri Federal Judge: State Law Doesn't Allow Privacy Claim Based On Defamation

California Health Department Fines 5 Hospitals For Privacy Breaches

Oregon High Court: No Right To Privacy In Abandoned Bags

Divided N.Y. Court Of Appeals Upholds Canine Sniffs Of Cars Stopped By Police

Former Treasury Department Worker's Privacy Act Claims Rejected For Lack Of Proof

FBI Releases Ted Kennedy File After Conservative Group Files FOIA Suit

Connecticut AG Announces Investigation Into Google's Collection Of Personal Data

Amended Complaint Filed Against Google Over Data Collected While Making Maps

Florida Appeals Court Quashes Order To Turn Over Cell Phone, Computer Records

Motion Filed Before JPMDL To Consolidate Google Wiretapping Suits

Federal Complaint Alleges Facebook Shares Users' Info With Third-Party Advertisers

ACLU Seeks To Intervene In Amazon.com's Suit Over N.C. Sales Records

Supreme Court Finds Search Of Employees' Text Messages Was Reasonable

Preliminary Approval Of Settlement Granted In Missouri DPPS Suit

Tennessee Appeals Court: No Right To Privacy In Public Places