Just to show how unpredictable patent infringement cases are, a week after Apple’s massive $1+ billion verdict against Samsung in California, a Tokyo Judge ruled that Samsung did not infringe a different Apple patent. Computerworld reported that Tokyo District Judge Tamotsu Shoji ruled on August 31, 2012 that Samsung did not…
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In a case of first impression, Twitter is challenging a New York Criminal Court’s order to produce information through a subpoena, without first obtaining a warrant, asserting a violation of the defendant’s rights under the First and Fourth Amendments of the Constitution. In the case of People v Harris, Malcolm…
GPS location data on cell phone accounts for virtually every adult in the US based on Pew Research recent report that an astonishing 88% of US adults have cell phones. Whether a search warrant will be required for GPS data appears to be changing very quickly.
With the support…
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Privacy is not mentioned in the recent announcements by many large retailers for use of mobile apps for credit and debit card purchases. However, consumers’ GPS data linked to mobile devices will likely lead to less privacy.
In early August, 2012 the New York Times reported that Starbucks teamed…
No warrant was required to track a drug dealer’s GPS locations from cell phones since the defendant “did not have a reasonable expectation of privacy in the data emanating from his cell phone that showed its location.” On August 14, 2012 Justice John Rogers of the US 6th Circuit Court…
The Secretary of Defense is considering a proposal “that military cyber-specialists be given permission to take action outside its computer networks to defend critical U.S. computer systems.” The Washington Post reported that anonymous sources stated:
It would account for changes in technology that will give more flexibility in defending the…
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Google announced a pilot test which allows Google to provide Gmail results in normal search queries, including this example: "So if you’re planning a biking trip to Tahoe, you might see relevant emails from friends about the best bike trails, or great places to eat on the right hand…
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Daily news headlines regularly report lax, or no, security for cloud data. In the past few weeks two very high profile businesses reported cloud breaches – Apple’s iCloud and Dropbox. It is no coincidence that my August column for eCommerce Times is entitled “The Cloud Privacy Illusion,” which…
At time when cybersecurity is headline news around the world, partisan politics in the U.S. Senate got in the way of new a cybersecurity bill which was different than a bill passed in the U.S. House last April. The New York Times reported that the most vocal opponent of the…
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Google confessed to U.K. officials that Google still has Street View unprotected wifi data collected before 2010 in spite claims that such data had been destroyed. On July 27, 2012 Peter Fleischer (Google’s global privacy counsel) sent a letter to Steve Eckersley (head of enforcement) at the Information Commissioner’s Office…
