The Cookie Crumbles for Amazon Privacy Plaintiffs – Del Vecchio v. Amazon

December 2, 2011 · by

…Cookies Lawsuit Tossed for Lack of Harm–La Court v. Specific Media Judge Recognizes Loss of Value to PII as Basis of Standing for Data Breach Plaintiff — Claridge v. RockYou…

Fraud Allegations Don’t Trump 47 USC 230–Hopkins v. Doe

November 30, 2011 · by

…v. Martin), but it reinforces that breach of contract workarounds to 47 USC 230 don’t necessarily work. For more on the 230/contact interplay, see my recent article on online account…

App Developer RockYou Settles Privacy Lawsuit–Claridge v. RockYou

November 17, 2011 · by

…Google Over Buzz Privacy Breaches The FTC Dings Twitter’s Security Practices — What Does This Mean for Everyone Else? Court Approves TD Ameritrade Data Breach Settlement — In re TD…

LinkedIn Beats Referrer URL Privacy Class Action on Article III Standing Grounds–Low v. LinkedIn

November 14, 2011 · by

…. ” He asserted a variety of different claims, including under the Stored Communications Act, the California Constitution, breach of contract, conversion, and California consumer protection statutes. The Court finds…

Employers Demanding the Right to Remotely Wipe Employees’ Phones?

November 9, 2011 · by

…only is there an element of trade secret protection, but also the issue of breach notification for loss of personal information under state breach notification laws, GLBA, or HITECH. In…

Australian Court Says Google Isn’t Liable for Advertiser’s Misleading Ad–ACCC v. Trading Post (Guest Blog Post)

November 8, 2011 · by

By Guest Blogger Mark Bender, with some comments by Eric Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Trading Post Australia Pty Ltd [2011] FCA 1086 (September 22, 2011, corrected October 10,…

Yahoo Partially Defeats Lawsuit Over Wrongful Account Termination–Buza v. Yahoo

November 2, 2011 · by

…to deal with the remaining claims, which include a violation of California’s state constitution, “intellectual property,” trespass to chattels and breach of contract. The judge expresses some skepticism about some…

In Hannaford Data Breach Case, First Circuit Says Card Replacement and ID Theft Insurance are Reasonable Mitigation Damages and Compensable–Anderson v. Hannaford Bros.

October 27, 2011 · by

…Hannaford Breach Case” Earlier posts on Hannaford: “Hannaford Data Breach Plaintiffs Rebuffed in Maine” “Two More Courts Close the Doors on Data Breach Plaintiffs.” Related (data breach) posts: “Starbucks Data…

Court Rejects Copyright Misuse Defense Against Apple and Affirms License Restrictions in OS X License Agreement — Apple v. Psystar

October 19, 2011 · by

…unopened copy of the Mac OS X which Psystar had purchased from a third party vendor. Apple sued, alleging breach of contract, direct and contributory copyright infringement, trademark and trade…

Lawsuit Against Google Over Invalid Clicks and Special Partner Advertising Dismissed — Woods v. Google

October 18, 2011 · by

…faith: The court acknowledges that Woods can bring an action for the breach of the duty of good faith “irrespective of whether [Google] breached its contractual obligations directly.” Notwithstanding, the…