Reichert v. Elizabethtown College, 2011 WL 3438318 (E.D.Pa. August 5, 2011) Plaintiff’s threatening behavior toward certain faculty members of his college led the administration to monitor plaintiff’s school-issued email account. Plaintiff’s lawsuit against the school included claims for violation of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), the Stored Communications Act (SCA), and common law invasion [...]
Posts Tagged ‘stored communications act’
Court dismisses class action against MySpace for violation of the Stored Communications Act
June 4th, 2011
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Hubbard v. MySpace, 2011 WL 2149456 (S.D.N.Y. June 1, 2011) Plaintiff, who sued on behalf himself and others similarly situated, claimed that MySpace improperly turned over account information and private messages to law enforcement, even though there was a search warrant. Plaintiff claimed this violated the Stored Communications Act, 18 USC 2701 et seq. MySpace [...]
Federal court applies Seescandy.com test to unmask anonymous defendants in copyright and privacy case
February 3rd, 2011
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Liberty Media Holdings, LLC. v. Does 1-59, 2011 WL 292128 (S.D. Cal., January 25, 2011) Plaintiff porn company sued 59 anonymous defendants it knew only by IP address for violation of the Stored Communications Act (SCA), the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) and for copyright infringement. Since plaintiff did not know who the defendants [...]
Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, the Stored Communications Act, and unauthorized access
August 18th, 2010
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Monson v. The Whitby School, Inc., No. 09-1096, 2010 WL 3023873 (D.Conn. August 2, 2010) Plaintiff Monson sued her former employer (a private school) for sex discrimination and related claims. The school filed counterclaims against Monson for, among other things, violation of (1) the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) and (2) the Stored Communications [...]
Access to private email server supports Stored Communications Act claims
June 15th, 2010
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Devine v. Kapasi, 2010 WL 2293461 (N.D. Ill. June 7, 2010) Kapasi and Devine were equal shareholders in a corporation. In August 2009, the two decided to part ways. The corporation transferred one of its servers to Devine, and he immediately put it into the service of his new company. After the server was transferred, [...]
Employee text messages covered under Stored Communications Act and Fourth Amendment
June 23rd, 2008
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Quon v. Arch Wireless Operating Co., Inc., — F.3d —-, 2008 WL 2440559 (9th Cir. June 18, 2008) Sergeant Quon’s employer, the City of Ontario, California Police Department, issued him a pager with which he could send and receive text messages. Copies of text messages sent and received using the pager were archived on Arch [...]
