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Google's Collection of Data Is Not Exempt From Federal Wiretap Laws
Sep 12, 2013
A U.S. appeals court upheld a district court decision that Google’s collection of data from unencrypted Wi-Fi networks under its Street View program is not exempt from federal wiretap laws. Google’s data collection does not ...

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A Federal Court Granted Class Action Status to a Lawsuit Accusing comScore
Apr 4, 2013
A federal court in Chicago this week granted class action status to a lawsuit accusing comScore, one of the Internet's largest user tracking firms, of secretly collecting and selling Social Security numbers, credit card numbers, passwords ...

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A Federal Judge Dismissed a Privacy Class-Action Lawsuit Against Linkedin
Dec 21, 2012
A federal judge in California dismissed a privacy class-action lawsuit against LinkedIn that alleged the social media network violated provisions of the Stored Communications Act (SCA) when it disclosed the IDs and browsing histories of ...

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