FC: Hawaiian Airlines' snooping violated wiretap laws, court says

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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> Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2001 09:11:06 -0600
> To: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
> From: "Michael J. McGuire" <Michael () eMcGuire com>
> Subject: Interesting
>
> I'm sure you already saw this, but....
>
> ACCESSING PRIVATE WEB SITE MAY VIOLATE WIRETAP LAWS
> The 9th Circuit Court of Appeal has ruled that Hawaiian
> Airlines may have violated federal wiretap laws when it
> accessed a private Web site that criticized management. The
> court ruled that contents of secure sites constitute
> "electronic communications" in intermediate storage and are
> thus covered by the law. Decision at
> http://laws.lp.findlaw.com/9th/9955106.html
> Media coverage at
> http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-4412743.html




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