No Privacy Right in US ?
Friend, Edupage, 28 November 1995, reports: ONLINE ANONYMITY IS ALL RELATIVE America Online has revealed the real name of a subscriber who called herself "Jenny TRR" to a Caribbean resort owner and dive instructor who claim they were defamed in remarks she posted on an AOL bulletin board. AOL gave the subscriber a chance to object to the action, but says she didn't attempt to fight the subpoena. AOL's assis- tant general counsel says the service doesn't disclose infor- mation about electronic mail, which is protected by the Elec- tronic Communications Privacy Act, unless it [ electronic mail ] is part of a criminal investigation. The item cites: Wall Street Journal 24 Nov 95 B1. There's two types of criminal investigations: those of crimes and those that are crimes. Cordially, Jim NOTE: To subscribe to Edupage send a message to: listproc@educom.unc.edu and in the body of the message type: subscribe edupage Joe Louis (assuming that your name is Joe Louis; if it's not, substitute your own name).
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James M. Cobb