26/01/2012

Google told to disclose personal information of an anonymous blogger ina UK defamation case

Google Inc. is ordered by a UK Judge to disclose personal information of an anonymous blogger.


On Monday 23 January 2012, a High Court Judge in London ordered internet giant Google Inc. to disclose to a UK claimant, data and personal details which it holds in relation to a user who utilised Google’s Blogger to spread defamation against a UK based businessman.

Google was told to have information, which includes the blog owner’s user name, email address and IP address disclosed to Yair Cohen, lawyer acting for the claimant, who is fighting for defamatory content about him to be removed from the American based Blog. Read full article on Internet Law Expert blog.