Tuesday, March 11, 2003

Boon for Personal Privacy? The New Hampshire Supreme Court has ruled that an Internet data broker can be sued by the family of a stalking victim. The victim's stalker was able to purchase her home address, Social Security number, and work address from on-line data broker Docusearch.com. The court held that, given the prevalence of stalking and data theft, Docusearch.com had a duty to the victim to insure that her personal information was sought for a legitimate purpose.

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