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Can Slack really claim not to be a data controller?
I'm an EU resident. I just sent in a GDPR removal request to Slack. Their response:
Per our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, your Workspace Primary Owner (Customer) controls Customer Data. Customer owns all of the submitted content, including…
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Under GDPR, can I give permission once to allow everyone to store and process my data?
If I own the data, can I declare, as part of my personal freedom, that I basically agree that my specific data can be stored and processed anywhere by anybody, without asking myself every time?
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Which jurisdiction applies to copyright violations on the internet?
A person residing in country A takes a work by an artist in country B and puts it onto a website they own but which is hosted in country C which is intended for an audience of people in country D.
The artist in country B did not give permission for…
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Are there any limits on the crimes a corporation can be convicted of?
In the United States, a corporation can be convicted of criminal offenses (example). Can corporations be charged with any criminal offense, or are there some that cannot apply to anything except a human being? I'm interested in formal limits…
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Is it legal to publish email that someone sent to me?
I'm not asking whether it is ethical - that would be a totally different question.
I'm asking whether it is legal?
In my book - in my way how I interpret consensual reality - once I press SEND button it is transmitted via email client, via email…
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Does accepting a pardon have any bearing on trying that person for the same crime in a sovereign jurisdiction?
In the United States, accepting a pardon is an admission to the crime. In Burdick_v._United_States, the majority opinion stated that a pardon "carries an imputation of guilt; acceptance a confession of it."
The United States has dual sovereignty.…
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How are presidential pardons supposed to be used?
When and how are pardons supposed to be used? Why does the Constitution even grant the president the power to pardon? Can it be used to pardon any crime?
On the surface, it seems to make the president above the law. CNN just reported that president…
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Defamation due to breach of confidentiality
Hypothetical: I say negative stuff about John Doe to my psychologist, stuff which isn't defamation per se. My psychologist doesn't directly act on my statements, but does share my statements with third parties. Due to those statements those third…
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What stops you from invoking §19.6 if a police officer attempts to seize your mobile phone?
Section 19 of PACE (the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984) states:
(3) The constable may seize anything which is on the premises if he has reasonable grounds for believing—
(a) that it is evidence in relation to an offence which he is…
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Does a citizen have to open the door to UK police if they do not give a reason?
I just watched a video of English police talking to a lady through her door. She refused to open up unless they told her why they were there. The police refused and told her to open up or they would force the door. She asked if they were going to…
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Can someone get protection under Double Jeopardy for a crime by arranging to be put on trial with fake evidence that is then disproven?
Lets say I just killed Bob (I'm doing a lot of that today). The police suspect me but currently have little evidence that I killed Bob. However, I haven't hidden the murder weapon and body well and can't move them now, so it's just a matter of…
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Why hasn't civil asset forfeiture been ruled unconstitutional?
If news articles like this and this are accurate, then U.S. law enforcement can confiscate private property, including cash, without convicting someone of a crime – or even charging them – under a theory called "civil asset forfeiture."
The…
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What if police find a dead body during an illegal search?
Suppose police conduct an illegal search of a residence (no warrant, no consent, no probable cause) and find a dead body. There is plenty of evidence in plain sight that it was a murder and also evidence of who the killer is: he is standing next to…
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Is there any remedy for unnecessary insult by police in the course of their lawful duties?
Following up on Are there any remedies for abusive or insulting behavior by agents executing a search warrant? the more subtle question needs the following elaboration:
My impression is that as far as the law is concerned there is no such tort as…
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Clean Hands doctrine and Plausible Deniability
There is a question on the Superuser forum wherein a bad actor is trying to trick someone into connecting to an access point, presumably so they can sniff information. They are doing this by setting up an access point with a very similar name to…
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