- May a lawyer ethically instruct a client to delete potentially damaging information from a client's Facebook page? According to a new ethics opinion from the Philadelphia Bar Association, yes, so long as the information is preserved in some way, should it become relevant to the case. The opinion also determined that, under the Pennsylvania Rules of Professional Conduct, a lawyer may ethically instruct a client to change the privacy settings on a client's Facebook page. It remains to be seen whether other bar associations will follow Philadelphia's lead on these thorny issues.
- Google reportedly noticed probable child pornography in someone's email and tipped off police, who obtained a search warrant and arrested the Houston man for possession of child pornography. This is clearly permitted by Google's terms of service. While no one has sympathy for predators, some have expressed concern over the privacy implications of Google's actions.
- LinkedIn has announced that it is launching a new service designed to help buyers and salespeople find each other. The service is called Sales Navigator. It could help diversify LinkedIn and make it more profitable, experts say, and it could also pose strong competition to existing, and pricey, software platforms, that salespeople currently use to find customers.
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