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It’s hard to imagine getting fired based on text messages or videos on your own personal cell phone, but according to one federal appeals court, it’s absolutely legal – at least under one federal law designed to protect electronic transmissions. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Dec. 12 said the Stored Communications Act (SCA) did not protect a city employee from her employer using the contents of her cell phone to fire her.    Phone Taken by Snooping …

  Welcome to Lawyers.com Radio. Your legal solutions start right here. We’ll help you understand your legal issues, find a lawyer in your area, and suggest legal forms or legal self-help. Matt: I’m Matt Plessner and today’s show is sponsored by Traverse Domain Law. We’re going to be discussing domain hijacking, today, with Attorney-at-Law from Traverse City, Enrico Shaefer.   Two Types of Domain Name Hijacking Matt: Exactly what is domain name hijacking? Enrico: Domain name hijacking is a term …

With the speed and convenience of social media, it takes minimal time and effort to perpetrate a hoax online. But Internet pranksters may want to think twice before making their next fraudulent post, now that state and federal authorities in Connecticut have raised the possibility of criminal charges against those who impersonated Sandy Hook Elementary shooter Adam Lanza and others connected to the shooting. “Misinformation is being posted on social media sites,” said Connecticut State Police Lt. J. Paul Vance …

Instagram, the popular photo sharing social media program, announced new terms of service (TOS) on Dec. 17 that would allow the company to place users’ photos into ads without their knowledge and without paying them a penny. After an enormous public outcry, the company, which was bought by Facebook in April for $1 billion, says it is listening to users. But it’s unclear if it will change anything. The new TOS are scheduled to go into effect on Jan. 16, …

A dispute over who owned a hybrid company/personal Twitter account has been settled, with the individual user holding onto his followers and providing a lesson for companies about creating clear and unambiguous social media policies. Noah Kravitz, former public face of the technology website Phonedog.com, had accumulated 17,000 followers on his Twitter account, PhoneDog_Noah, which he used to promote the brand and drum up interest in the site. However, when Kravtiz left the company in October 2010, he took the …