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Nov. 9, 2013

VIDEO: An NSA-made defense

The NSA's sweeping phone surveillance programs may have just sounded the death-knell for lawsuits brought under California's Invasion of Privacy Act. By Edward D. Totino and Monica D. Scott

Edward D. Totino

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By Edward D. Totino and Monica D. Scott


Recent revelations regarding the NSA's sweeping phone surveillance programs may have just sounded the death-knell for lawsuits brought under California's Invasion of Privacy Act (Cal. Pen. Code Section 630 et seq.) against companies that monitor or record telephone calls for quality assurance purposes. These lawsuits, typically filed as class actions, seek statutory damages of $5,000 for each telephone call that was...

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