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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. fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    pf

  2. Fire post by Gundampilotspaz · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    First Post upyour K-Dawg!!

  3. sp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    sp

  4. wee! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fp! HAHAHAHA!

  5. woo by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    woo.. ...

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

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

    ~S

  7. 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.

  8. The Troll Police by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You are under arrest for conspiracy to troll.

  9. grrrr by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    someone was killed for information stolen from the inet and you throw five-ten "first post" garbage messages.

    stupid bastards

  10. 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"
    Karma: null(Mostly affected by an unassigned variable)
  11. 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.

  12. Re:You want to see something evil? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Oh and on another note. They recently fixed a security hole which allowed you to see people's pictures and signatures if they are logged in to pass.ee. That hole was there for over a year.

  13. Re:If only someone could die of SPAM by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    That was an X-files joke (coincidentally on one of the two or three episodes that didn't 100% SUCK).