Volume IV

Issue : 7: April 6, 2006

• Shaw Sued by U.S. Competitor over Vetoed TV Ad
• Good News in the World of Patents for Google Earth
• Stem Cell Research Opponents Enjoined From Violating Copyright
• Illinois Court Tough on Wi-Fi Bandit
• Ontario Judge Concludes Time Spent on Research Excessive in Electronic Age
• Legality of Internet Archive at Issue
• Travel Websites Sued over Hotel Occupancy Taxes
• Gratis Internet Sued for Massive Privacy Violations
• U.S. Federal Court Finds Use of Competitors Marks as Keywords in Online Advertising not Trademark Infringement
• UK Politician Wins Internet Defamation Lawsuit
• B.C. Court Awards Damages and Permanent Injunction in Cyberlibel Lawsuit

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Gratis Internet Sued for Massive Privacy Violations

New York 's Attorney General, Elliot Spitzer, has sued Gratis Internet, an online marketer, for what authorities are describing as the biggest deliberate breach of Internet privacy ever.

Gratis owns and operates Websites that offer free merchandise to consumers in exchange for registering their email addresses. Notwithstanding its promises to "never lend, sell or give out for any reason your email address or personal information", Gratis is alleged to have sold personal information obtained from as many as 7 million user records to three independent email marketers.

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http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/14169365.htm