Washington State Supreme Court Hears an Interesting Privacy Case: Dillon v. Seattle Deposition Reporters
This is a super interesting case that’s working its way through the courts in Washington. In a nutshell, T-Mobile was a defendant in a breach of contract lawsuit brought by…
9th Circuit Creates Problematic “Failure To Warn” Exception to Section 230 Immunity–Doe 14 v. Internet Brands
…(unlike the court’s strawman BS arguments) would not be the case for many other types of claims, such as wage-and-hour, income tax demands or failure to issue data breach notifications….
Lock Manufacturer Onity Had Only One Job, But Isn’t Liable For Failing To Do It Well (Forbes Cross-Post)
…future breaches of their locks. However, this analogy doesn’t work very well. While there aren’t many actions consumers can take to proactively protect their data after a data security breach…
It’s Not Possible To Steal Facebook ‘Likes’–Mattocks v. BET
…Facebook also shut down the original page. At BET’s request, Twitter also shut down the account Mattocks used to promote the series. Mattocks sued for tortious interference, breach of the…
Brazil’s Internet Bill of Rights Compared to Section 230 (Excerpt from My Internet Law Casebook)
…be held liable for the breach of privacy arising from the disclosure of images, videos and other materials containing nudity or sexual activities of a private nature, without the authorization…
Conviction for Posting Pages From Teenager’s Diary Via Mail and Facebook Partially Reversed
…on Facebook and Cablevision and supposedly received information linking the IP address used to register the Tasha Moore account with the defendant. She was charged with harassment and breach of…
Q2 2014 Quick Links, Part 3 (Privacy, Marketing, E-Commerce & More)
…researchers say * Sutter Health v. Superior Court, C072591 (Cal. App. Ct. July 21, 2014). In lawsuit over data security breach of medical records, “No breach of confidentiality takes place…
Lawsuit Over Google’s Unified Privacy Policy Pared Down, But Two Claims Survive
…Circuit did find standing, and says that mere disclosure (as opposed to a data breach along with access of the data via criminal activity) brings this case closer to Low…
First Amendment Precludes Disorderly Conduct Conviction for Ranting on Police Department Facebook Page
…statements tend to incite a breach of the peace, but the court says the state’s argument is too vague about who Smith’s comments would have incited. The court also notes…
[Ad] New Publication Announcement: Data Protection Law Reporter
…the Heartbleed bug complicates plaintiff’s’ proof of the proximate cause of data breaches. • Jay Westermeier of Finnegan Henderson analyzes the data breach consent decrees entered into by the FTC…