Plaintiff’s Location-Based Privacy Claim Against BART Reporting App Fails
…rejects the California Penal Code Section 637.7 claim. That statute prohibits the use of electronic “tracking devices” to determine the location or movement of a person. The court explained that…
Privacy Plaintiffs Lack Standing Against NBA 2K15’s Face-Scanning Technology
…– Apple v Superior Court (Krescent) CA Court Confirms that Pineda v Williams-Sonoma (the Zip-Code-as-PII Case) Applies Retrospectively — Dardarian v. OfficeMax California Supreme Court Rules That a ZIP Code…
Repeated Unwanted Emails to Politician’s Personal Email Address Can be Harassment–Hagedorn v. Cattani
…Ohio Rev Code 2917.21(A)(5) Related posts: Web-based Email Bombardment Campaign Does Not Amount to a Violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act New Jersey Appeals Court Reverses Anti-Harassment Order…
The DOJ’s Busts of MyRedbook & Rentboy Show How Backpage Might Be Prosecuted (Guest Blog Post)
…of various states’ prostitution offenses including California Penal Code Section 647(b). Omuro pleaded guilty to the charge under § 1952. The government also indicted Hurant and Easy Rent Systems (the…
Face Scanning Lawsuit Against Shutterfly Survives Motion to Dismiss
…– Apple v Superior Court (Krescent) CA Court Confirms that Pineda v Williams-Sonoma (the Zip-Code-as-PII Case) Applies Retrospectively — Dardarian v. OfficeMax California Supreme Court Rules That a ZIP Code…
Catching Up on Ninth Circuit CFAA Jurisprudence (Internet Law Casebook Excerpt)
…applicable state computer crime law, California Penal Code § 502. While cease-and-desist letters usually are pretty clear about what the sender wants the recipient to do (or not do), cease-and-desist…
On Remand, Ninth Circuit Says Robins Satisfied Article III Standing
…of harm to Robins’s concrete reputational interests. The court acknowledges that some procedural violations or minor inaccuracies (such as an incorrect zip code) may not result in a risk of…
Sen. Portman Says SESTA Doesn’t Affect the Good Samaritan Defense. He’s Wrong
…to impair the enforcement or limit the application of section 1595 of title 18, United States Code The added language to Section 230(e)(1) and the new Section 230(e)(5) would expose…
‘Blatant Sales Pitch’ on LinkedIn Likely Violates Non-solicitation Clause–Mobile Mini v. Vevea
…the LinkedIn code! Many professionals continue to wonder about the purpose of that site, but the defendant in this case has no such questions. We’ve blogged one LinkedIn non-solicitation case…
Announcing the 2017 Edition of ‘Internet Law: Cases & Materials’
…Cir.) 73 Harris v. Blockbuster 86 IV. Trespass/Computer Fraud & Abuse Act Review: the Computer Fraud & Abuse Act, 18 U.S.C. §1030 [http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1030], and California Penal Code §502 [https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?sectionNum=502.&lawCode=PEN] Comparison…