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“Private” Facebook Groups Aren’t Legally “Private”–Davis v. HDR

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

The plaintiff sued HDR for ECPA and common law privacy violations. Plaintiff had no authority over the Groups’ privacy settings and no voice in the screening process used to determine membership. Ahwatukee411’s screening process is “intended to ensure that only residents (i.e., The court rejects both claims.

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Reddit Asks Court to Protect Users’ Anonymity in Third-Party Piracy Lawsuit

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The “repeat infringer” issue remains a hot topic in U.S. courts, with ongoing lawsuits against several ISPs. Internet provider RCN is one of the companies targeted. In 2021, the ISP was sued by several film companies , including the makers of The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard, London Has Fallen, and Hellboy.

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Modern monarchy and the media: Duchess of Sussex wins historic privacy case against the British tabloids

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The Duchess of Sussex) was recently granted summary judgment in a privacy claim against Associated Newspapers Limited, over the publication of extracts from a hand-written letter to her father (see HRH The Duchess of Sussex v Associated Newspapers Ltd [2021] EWHC 273 (Ch) ). Background. The Duke of Sussex, a.k.a. Prince Harry) in 2016.

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Minnesota Wants to Ban Under-18s From User-Generated Content Services

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Furthermore, the age authentication process would expose both under-18s and adults to extra privacy and security risks. As part of an omnibus bill, the Minnesota House of Representatives passed a troubling bill restricting how under-18 users engage with user-generated content (UGC) services. [At generated content.”

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2023 Quick Links: Social Media

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

To piggyback on the editorial board analogy, if the newspaper itself had published an account of its editorial policies and decisions, and it turned out to be potentially fraudulent in some way, it would not chill the newspaper’s exercise of editorial control to investigate whether the newspaper’s public statements on that topic were false.

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Will California Eliminate Anonymous Web Browsing? (Comments on CA AB 2273, The Age-Appropriate Design Code Act)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

To do the authentication, businesses will be forced to collect personal information they don’t want to collect and consumers don’t want to give, and that data collection creates extra privacy and security risks for everyone. Third, this bill reaches topics well beyond children’s privacy. NO ONE WANTS THIS.

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2021 IP Year in Review

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For a review of Privacy legislation in Canada, check out Emily Prieur’s article published this week. The Reasonable Robot by Ryan Abbott: Legally regulating AI–is it obvious? It remains to be seen how influential the College is on the profession as it is expected to be fully operational within the next two years. David Vaver.

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