Frustrated by their difficulty prosecuting cases involving online content that is illegal or damaging to individuals, a group of state attorneys general are taking action. They are circulating a draft letter that they plan to send to the ...
Tags: Safe Harbor, Online Content
The attorneys general of several states are turning up the heat on Google, concerned that the search engine giant makes it easier for criminals to sell illegal drugs online, engage in human trafficking and peddle pirated intellectual ...
Tags: Google, Human Trafficking, Drugs
Intel this year plans to sell a set-top box and Internet-based streaming media service that will bundle TV channels for subscribers, but its plans will likely face hurdles from the 800-pound gorillas of the streaming media market. In ...
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US-based drug store chain Walgreens has agreed to reimburse a monetary penalty of $80m to the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to settle the charges of violating federal regulations governing the distribution of prescription ...
Tags: Walgreens, Illegal Prescription
EU Commissioner for Justice Viviane Reding has raised her concerns over the Prism surveillance information-sharing programme with the US Attorney General Eric Holder, who she is to meet in Dublin on Friday. In a statement on her website, ...
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The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit challenging the legality of a U.S. National Security Agency surveillance program targeting customers of Verizon Communications. The ACLU's lawsuit, filed Tuesday in U.S. District ...
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With smart-phone theft reaching epidemic proportions, a coalition of more than 50 law enforcement agencies, scholars, consumer advocates—including Consumers Union, the advocacy arm of Consumer Reports—and others is demanding ...
Law enforcement agencies in the U.S., Vietnam and the U.K. have disbanded a ring that allegedly sold online credit card details since 2007. The ring, which sold the credit card information through two websites, is said to have caused over ...
Tags: Computer Products, Hackers, Credit Card
US-based processor Van Drunen Foods is planning to unveil a new facility for dried and dehydrated food processing in Saint Paul, Minnesota, a move which will create 26 jobs. According to the company, the proposed facility is located at ...
San Francisco judge Marla Miller dismissed the negligence suit filed against Strava almost a year ago by the family of Kim Flint, Jr., earlier this week. The San Francisco Superior Court ruled for summary judgment, noting that “Mr. ...
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U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to announce Tuesday measures directed against patent-holding companies, often referred to as patent trolls, according to a newspaper report. Obama is expected to announce five executive actions and ...
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Apple appears to face an uphill battle as it goes to trial Monday in New York on e-book price fixing charges brought by the U.S. government. In a courtroom packed to capacity, the company squared off alone against the U.S. Department of ...
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Maine is one step closer to becoming the first state in the nation with a law that would require police to obtain a court-issued search warrant in order to obtain a person's cell-phone location data. The State Legislature, by a vote of ...
Tags: Cell-Phone Tracking, Warrant, Maine
Based on our latest nationally representative survey of adult Internet users, Consumer Reports projected that 1.6 million American consumers were victims of smart C theft in 2012. A variety of possible solutions are being proposed by law ...
Tags: Smart Phone, Consumer Electronics
The company that owns a U.S. patent for podcasting is confident the patent will stand up to a challenge initiated this week by the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Personal Audio's patents have stood up to past scrutiny, including a ...
Tags: Personal Audio, Podcasting Patent