Even Private Facebook Content Is Fair Game In Court

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Even Private Facebook Content Is Fair Game In Court

Sgt_Kickaxe

8:48 pm on May 1, 2012 (gmt 0)

This is a reminder that nothing posted online, even in a private Facebook account, is secure and that you can be ordered to reveal it for reasons you can't forsee. Images may be especially damaging even if they seem harmless.

[ca.news.yahoo.com...]

Tamara Fric was a first-year student at the University of Victoria in 2008 when the vehicle she was in was rear-ended by a car owned by Tracy and Stuart Gershman. Fric is suing the Gershmans, claiming the accident has left her with chronic pain and a diminished ability to enjoy life and earn a living.

But the defendants believe pictures on Facebook that allegedly show Fric on vacation, hiking, scuba diving and wakeboarding might contradict the lawsuit's claims.

...it has been ruled in a pre-trial hearing that the defence must be allowed to see some Facebook photos...

That ruling occurred despite the entire account having always been private.

Hoople

3:06 pm on May 3, 2012 (gmt 0)

Her mistake was only having one account.

I create multiple and different net personas that align with a specific purpose. I.E. the real me, my primary niche fanboy and my anonymous self. Some overlap in friends between real and fanboy but no overlap of real and anonymous (highly intentional and an unwavering rule).