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Google accused over privacy law
Summary from United States, from articles in English
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E-mail privacy suffered a serious setback on Tuesday when a court of appeals ruled that an e-mail provider did not break the law in reading his customers' communications without their consent. (article 2)
The court acknowledged in its decision (PDF) that the Wiretap Act, written before the advent of the Internet, is perhaps inadequate to address modern communication methods. (article 2)
However, the computers we use in our homes during those private hours create and preserve evidence of our interests, relationships and beliefs, blurring the line between private and public. (article 1)
Congress and the courts have responded by giving privacy protection to the contents of communications, including phone calls and e-mail messages, but denying strong protection to transactional information like phone numbers dialed and websites visited. (article 1)
In 1986, out of a concern that privacy protections were not keeping up with new modes of communication, Congress passed the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, or ECPA, which criminalized the interception and unauthorized access of electronic communications. (article 1)
Several top consumer groups wrote an open letter to the Web search leader Tuesday, accusing it of violating a California law by failing to link to its privacy policy from. (article 4)
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privacy, Google, Information, Warshak, law |
Source articles
- Courts Should Shield Web and E-Mail Data From Nosy Cops (Wired, 06/04/2008, 545 words)
- E-Mail Snooping Ruled Permissible (Wired, 06/04/2008, 388 words)
- Bush Keeps Privacy Posts Vacant (Wired, 06/04/2008, 604 words)
- Privacy advocates criticize Google home page (L.A. Times, 06/03/2008, 394 words)
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