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Sources: HP to settle civil complaint

December 7, 2006 California's attorney general is expected to announce that the company has settled complaints related to spy scandal, CNET News.com has learned. TAGS: attorney general, Patricia Dunn, complaint, tactic, HP, California

AOL agrees to customer service reform

August 24, 2005 America Online will pay $1.25 million to New York state and change its customer retention process, Attorney General Spitzer says. TAGS: Eliot Spitzer, customer retention, attorney general, America Online Inc., agreement, customer service, customer service representative, New York, investigation, refund, call-center, Ohio, Time Warner Inc., complaint, broadband, monitor

Police blotter: Prosecutors want reporters' hard drives

October 13, 2006 Pennsylvania's attorney general demands newspaper reporters' hard drives as part of a grand-jury investigation. TAGS: Pennsylvania, Police Blotter, attorney general, subpoena, prosecutor, reporter, newspaper, First Amendment, hard drive, Web browser, password

California AG considering civil suit against HP

November 30, 2006 State's top cop is gathering information about damage that may have been caused by covert attempts to unearth leaks to the media. TAGS: attorney general, Stephen Shankland, suit, shareholder, HP, California

Intermix hit with spyware suit

April 28, 2005 New York's attorney general says the Web marketer secretly installed adware and spyware on people's computers. TAGS: Intermix Media Inc., Eliot Spitzer, attorney general, lawsuit, New York, investigation, spyware, adware, toolbar, office

Mass. attorney general sues wind installer

March 8, 2007 A wind turbine installer misled environmentally-conscious consumers, suit alleges. TAGS: turbine, alternative energy, attorney general, suit, Massachusetts

Texas sues Vonage over 911 problem

March 22, 2005 U.S. Net phone leader wasn't clear about technology's less reliable 911 service, state attorney general claims. TAGS: Vonage Holdings Corp., Internet phone company, attorney general, Internet phone, VoIP, Houston, Texas, spokeswoman, call

Ashcroft resigns attorney general's post

November 10, 2004 His controversial tenure as top cop was marked by the revised Patriot Act and additional Internet surveillance. TAGS: attorney general, USA PATRIOT Act, tenure, surveillance, Sept. 11, terrorist attack, privacy, telecommunications, search

Police Blotter: Intoxilyzer code must be disclosed

January 28, 2008 Appeals court rules that Kentucky driver facing DUI charges based on a closed-source breath alcohol reading can inspect the source code. TAGS: Kentucky, source code, Police Blotter, prosecutor, subpoena, attorney general, defendant, defense, attorney

Terrorism invoked in ISP snooping proposal

May 31, 2006 Attorney general said Internet providers must retain records of Americans' activities to help in terrorism fight, CNET News.com has learned. TAGS: terrorism, Internet provider, attorney general, telecommunications, proposal, Internet Service Provider, Time Warner Inc., record, Comcast Corp., activity, discussion, Google Inc.

HP probe snared a third News.com reporter

September 8, 2006 In a surprising twist, telephone records of CNET News.com reporter Stephen Shankland's father were targeted. TAGS: Stephen Shankland, Dawn Kawamoto, reporter, Patricia Dunn, attorney general, record, investigation, pretexting, HP, cell phone, California, office, spokesman

ACLU to challenge Utah porn-blocking law

June 9, 2005 Group will sue to overturn a state law that requires the attorney general to come up with an official list of naughty Web sites. TAGS: Utah, attorney general, law, content provider, service provider, Internet provider, lawsuit, Governor, Internet service, letter, search engine, Internet Service Provider

Washington state sues over spyware

January 25, 2006 Microsoft joins state lawmakers in filing suit against a software maker they say preyed on people's fears to sell a fake security tool. TAGS: Rob McKenna, attorney general, spyware, lawsuit, software company, Washington, New York, conference, Microsoft Corp., PC

Court strikes down Pennsylvania porn law

September 10, 2004 Statute requiring ISPs to filter inappropriate Web sites is unconstitutional, federal judge rules. TAGS: Pennsylvania, attorney general, domain name, law, Internet Service Provider, First Amendment, federal judge, speech, state, service provider, decision, IP

HP settles with California in spy scandal

December 7, 2006 State says it has made a deal with PC maker over civil charges related to methods used in an HP leak investigation. TAGS: Bill Lockyer, scandal, attorney general, settlement, ethics, HP, California, PC company, complaint, office, Microsoft Office

New York focuses antitrust probe of record labels

February 14, 2006 State Attorney General sends music companies new round of subpoenas in investigation of online-music pricing. TAGS: Eliot Spitzer, subpoena, investigation, antitrust, attorney general, pricing, inquiry, Warner Music Group Corp., digital music, round, New York, label, office

Attorney general to talk data retention with new Congress

January 18, 2007 Alberto Gonzales says it's critical to ensure that law enforcement is able to get its hands on subscriber data from ISPs. TAGS: Orrin Hatch, attorney general, legislation, Internet Service Provider, aide, Utah, Internet service, Republican, service provider

Company accused of selling fake antispyware settles suit

December 4, 2006 Secure Computer agrees to pay $1 million to settle charges that it violated Washington state's spyware law. TAGS: attorney general, settlement, suit, spyware, Washington, anti-spyware, agreement, Microsoft Corp., PC

Documents: Criminal charges in HP scandal

October 12, 2006 Read through felony charges California's attorney general filed against Hewlett-Packard's former chairman, four others. TAGS: Bill Lockyer, hp scandal, attorney general, chairman, HP, California

Reporters' records accessed in HP probe

September 7, 2006 Two News.com reporters are among nine journalists whose personal phone records were accessed during HP's probe into boardroom leaks. TAGS: Dawn Kawamoto, reporter, attorney general, pretexting, SEC filing, investigation, Patricia Dunn, journalist, record, prosecutor, office, HP, attorney, AT&T Corp., California
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