In a move
applauded by some internet privacy advocates, Yahoo will retain personally identifiable search information for only
90 days. This places it above competitors
Google and
Microsoft in terms of protecting user privacy. Congressional representatives are
taking notice, but others criticize Yahoo's method of preserving user anonymity as
not enough, hearkening back to AOL's massive
data leak in 2006.
posted by Law Talkin' Guy
on Dec 24, 2008 -
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Two Yale Law School graduates who allege they were subjected to a campaign of online
harassment file
suit against the
site's owner and two dozen
internet trolls for copyright infringement, defamation, and a variety of other tort and IP claims. In the latest developments, the website's owner was
dropped from the lawsuit, and another
defendant moved (seemingly pro se) to
quash a subpoena served originally on their ISP to reveal their identity.
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posted by Law Talkin' Guy
on Feb 28, 2008 -
25 comments