June 2010

A federal district court in California recently quashed a civil subpoena for private messages sent through Facebook and MySpace, but found that more evidence regarding the plaintiff’s privacy settings was needed to determine whether his wall posts and comments should be similarly protected.

Continue Reading Privacy Settings on Social Networking Sites May Determine Protection Under Stored Communications Act

The EU’s Article 29 Working Party sent letters to Google, Yahoo!, Microsoft and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to express concerns that the search engine providers’ practices may not be in compliance with EU law.

Continue Reading Article 29 Working Party Calls on FTC to Investigate Online Retention and Anonymization Policies