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Supreme Court OKs privacy suit against a UC psychologist *Research subject says she was duped * By David Kravets Associated Press 2/27/07 San Francisco “ Researchers could be liable for damages if they obtain private information through false pretenses, the California Supreme Court ruled yesterday. The case, which attracted widespread attention from media groups, which urged the court to dismiss it, concerns a University of California Irvine psychologist who published an article about a Solano County girl, who at 17 allegedly remembered she was sexually abused by her mother as a child. The psychologist, Elizabeth Loftus, set out to investigate an article written by another scholar who suggested the girl, who wasn't identified, had repressed memory. Through court records, Loftus learned the girl's identity and interviewed her foster mother in 1997. That interview was the main topic of the 101-page, 5-2 decision by the state's high court allowing Loftus' subject to sue her for invasion of privacy....” Justices OK lawsuit against researcher accused of privacy breach By DAVID KRAVETS, The Associated Press 2/26/07 SAN FRANCISCO - Researchers could be liable for damages if they obtain private information through false pretenses, the California Supreme Court ruled Monday. The case, which attracted widespread attention by media groups who urged the court to dismiss it, concerns a University of California, Irvine, psychologist who published an article about a Solano County girl, who at 17 allegedly remembered she was sexually abused by her mother as a child. The psychologist, Elizabeth Loftus, set out to investigate an article written by another scholar who suggested the anonymous girl had repressed memory. Through court records, Loftus learned the girl's identity and interviewed her foster mother in 1997.” _http://www.examiner.com/a-587291~Justices_OK_lawsuit_against_researcher_accused_of_privacy_breach.html_ (http://www.examiner.com/a-587291~Justices_OK_lawsuit_against_researcher_accused_o f_privacy_breach.html) Most child refugees in Great Lakes sexually abused by Vincent Mayanja 2/26/07 Kampala AFP) - More than 50 percent of children in refugee camps around Africa's volatile Great Lakes area have experienced some form of sexual abuse, a humanitarian group said in report Monday. World Vision said more than half of about 1.4 million children displaced by a string of wars in one of the world's most violent regions were victims of sexual exploitation and needed urgent help. "The forms of abuse experienced include rape, attempted rape and threat to be raped," according to the report, titled: "The future in our hands: Children displaced by conflicts in Africas Great Lakes Region." _http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070226/wl_africa_afp/africagreatlakes_070226211554_ (http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070226/wl_africa_afp/africagreatlakes_070226211554) <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ <A HREF="http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
