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Interesting Privacy Decision in New Hampshire

Posted by michael on from the one-small-step-for-privacy dept.

TCPALaw writes "A huge decision in privacy law was handed down today by the NH Supreme Court in the Amy Boyer case. Amy was stalked and killed by a man who got her personal information, including SSN, from an on-line information broker. Privacy groups such as EPIC have argued that access to sensitive personal information should carry with it liability for misuse, and can constitute a tort. The NH Supreme Court agreed. Now perhaps you can sue the spyware companies."

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  1. A tragedy by Soporific · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It's too bad supermodels don't fit into the Slashdot stalkers crowd...

    ~S

  2. Interesting movie angle by The+Bungi · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    A few months ago I saw a movie with Ben Affleck and Samuel L. Jackson called Changing Lanes. In it, Affleck's character contacts a guy that's supposed to be some sort of hacker in a tie, who immediately ruins Jackson's credit history using a computer (wow) and generally fucks up his life.

    Because it involved something akin to identity theft, I thought it interesting, but until now I hadn't seen a real-life version. "Information broker", indeed.

    Scary.

  3. Will somebody please think of the children? by Joe+the+Lesser · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Where he got the information isn't important...

    The real problem is violent video games and TV! And do you hear what they say in those horrible rap songs? Well, I never! We should just ban this poison once and for all!

    --
    "I only speak the truth"
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  4. It's too bad that by iplayfast · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    It's too bad that someone had to die before the courts got involved. You'd think that the right to privacy would be a right.