Interesting Privacy Decision in New Hampshire

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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Interesting movie angle

[The Bungi]

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.

It's too bad that

[iplayfast]

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.