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Perspective

Jan. 27, 2011

Online Privacy: Can the Law Deal With History Sniffing?

A particularly offensive method of collecting personal information on the Internet presents legal challenges. By Brian Kabateck and Evan Zucker of Kabateck Brown Kellner.


By Brian Kabateck and Evan Zucker


Increasingly, we hear about personal information being accidently leaked or maliciously stolen due to online mishaps and mistakes. In a recent news story, Honda's computer system was compromised and personal information of more than two million customers, including their e-mail addresses and login codes, was stolen. On a similar scale, in 2004, the University of California's computer security system was reportedly comprom...

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