United States Ninth Circuit

The district court's order denying defendant's motion to dismiss claims that defendant violated the Wiretap Act when, in the course of capturing its Street View photographs, it collected data from unencrypted Wi-Fi networks, is affirmed, where defendant's data collection did not fall within a Wiretap Act exemption set forth in 18 U.S.C. section 2511(2)(g)(i) because data transmitted over a Wi-Fi network is not an "electronic communication" that is "readily accessible to the general public." (Amended opinion)

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/27/2013
• Published 12/27/2013

Judges

• BYBEE

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel