privacy

‘We know all about you’: MoviePass CEO brags about data his company collects

Posted by WRAL TechWire | Mar 8, 2018

“We get an enormous amount of information,” MoviePass CEO Mitch Lowe said. “We know all about you.”

As mobile fingerprinting expands in NC, does it invade rights?

Posted by WRAL News | Dec 20, 2017

North Carolina is stepping up mobile fingerprinting technology for state and local law enforcement, but some people are worried that the change could invade personal rights.

Facebook will send alerts when it sees you in untagged photos

Posted by CNN | Dec 19, 2017

Facebook will now send an alert any time a photo of you is uploaded to the social network — even if you aren’t tagged in it.

European employers must warn job applicants before checking them out on Facebook

Posted by CNN | Jul 13, 2017

European officials have issued new guidelines that warn bosses about the legal hazards of scrolling through the social media profiles of potential hires.

One-third adults use social media to discuss health issues

Posted by WRAL TechWire | Apr 27, 2012

While privacy continues to be a concern, a new survey has found that one-third of U.S. adults use social media to discuss health issues. But it’s not a simple matter of liking pages on Facebook, tagging or stumbling upon items. People are using social media in myriad ways that...

Unauthorized disclosure of your confidential information on the Internet: Plugging the leak without breaking the levee

Posted by WRAL TechWire | Jul 2, 2008

Editor’s Note: Alex Dale is a member of the Litigation Section and Intellectual Property Practice Group of Ward and Smith, P.A. Earlier this year, the Swiss-based bank Julius Baer & Company (“Baer”) sued Wikileaks.org, a website that boasts of having posted 1.2 million “leaked” government and corporate documents it claims expose unethical behavior, and Dynabot, the company providing the domain name for Wikileaks. Baer alleged that Wikileaks’ publication of confidential bank documents on its website constituted unlawful and unfair business practices, interference with contract, and conversion. Baer sought an order from the Court restraining Wikileaks from displaying, posting, publishing,...