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Do US presidential pardons include the cancellation of financial punishments?
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/20/anthony-levandowski-pardoned-after-stealing-trade-secrets-from-google.html says:
Anthony Levandowski pardoned after stealing trade secrets from Google
In August, Levandowski was sentenced to 18 months in prison for…
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Bright-line or Litmus Test for Sedition?
The media is crediting Donald Trump, Giuliani and Trump's son with inciting the protesters to march from the Ellipse to and breach the Capitol building on 6 January 2021, interrupting the electoral college finalization.
Is there a bright line or…
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Could the GoDaddy employee self-phishing test constitute a breach of contract?
Recently, GoDaddy executed a self-phishing test against its own employees. The message that employees received said that they could claim their holiday bonus by submitting their contact details on some website:
From: Happyholiday@Godaddy.com
Date:…
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Does the first amendment protect children forced to receive a religious education?
Many parents "force" their children to receive religious education. Does the children's U.S. First Amendment right to freedom of religion allow them to get the police to stop their parents from doing this sort of thing? Or do First Amendment rights…
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Can someone be charged with the murder of unidentified victims?
I've been watching "Des", ITV's dramatisation of the arrest and trial of serial killer Dennis Nielsen. The police seem desperate to identify the names of the victims, despite having the bodies of the victims and ample evidence of Nielsen's guilt. …
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Am I obligated to decrypt lots of data for GDPR requests?
I am providing a B2B service where customer data of businesses are stored in an SQL table.
As I never need to query for this personal data, the data at rest there is asymmetrically encrypted with the associated businesses public key.
Since the…
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Is there an EU regulation mandating companies' IT equipment to be changed every three months?
I had visited with my university a Greek IT company that specializes in refurbishing used computers and peripherals. The executive that toured us had mentioned that there is an EU regulation that requires companies to change their "computerization…
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If police come to my house with a warrant for my arrest, can they break in?
Suppose police have a warrant to arrest me for a minor offense, like failure to pay fines.
If police come to my residence and I quietly hide they go away.
If they see me at the window or I speak with them through the locked exterior door will they…
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What are "freemen of the land" or "sovereign citizen" theories and do they hold any water?
Various questions so far have asked about the constitutionality, or not, of various freemen theories, which include "Fourteenth Amendment" citizens and is quite possibly a variant of the Sovereign Citizen movement.
Essentially, these are theories…
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How can Edward Snowden be denied a jury trial?
Is the US right to a trial by jury a conditional right which can be revoked preemptively?
It was my understanding the US Constitution allowed anyone accused of a crime to be judged by a peer jury. However, Edward Snowden would not be allowed to…
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Is lying to get "gardening leave" fraud?
A group of my friends was celebrating one of our group securing a new job, and he was complaining about having to continue working at his old job for his 3 month notice period, we started discussing humorous ways that he could force his company to…
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Is a debt canceled if the creditor refuses a settlement offer?
I've been told by several people on several occasions -- in several jurisdictions within the US -- that if you owe someone money, you can offer some stupidly low amount of cash (most versions include numbers from $1 to 25%) to settle the debt. If…
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GDPR - reCAPTCHA with user's consent?
This question is specifically about Google's reCAPTCHA, but may possibly apply to many other CAPTCHA solutions that are collecting "personal" data.
I was reading briefly about ePrivacy regulations and I have found very good resource about PECR and…
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Can I waive my statutory rights?
I've noticed that Steam has recently added this bit of text to its review and confirm page:
By clicking the button below to proceed you agree that Valve provides you immediate access to digital content as soon as you complete your purchase, without…
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Why aren't athletes charged with assault?
Athletes get into brawls and whatnot all the time. Mike Tyson even bit a guy's ear off. Why aren't they charged for assault and sentenced to jail time?
I understand that athletes might get hurt within the context of the game, and that they can't sue…
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