Courthouse News Service reports the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals has found that senders of text messages have no expectation of privacy once the text has been delivered. Judge Clancy Smith wrote for the five-judge panel, “This is similar to mailing a letter; there is no expectation of privacy once the letter is delivered. It is like leaving a voicemail message, having the recipient receive and play the message and then claiming the message is private.” Meanwhile, Law360 reports that U.S. Magistrate Judge Nathanael M. Cousins has denied a motion to dismiss a case claiming that InterContinental Hotels Group PLC illegally recorded consumers’ phone calls to its reservation hotline, saying the plaintiffs properly stated a claim under California’s Invasion of Privacy Act.
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