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Friday, 19 August 2016

Spyware maker faces legal battle over alleged affair

An advert for WebWatcher features a protective mother installing the software on her daughter's phone

A spyware company faces legal action after a US court ruled that its software was used unlawfully to intercept an unwitting man's messages.

Javier Luis started an online friendship with Catherine Zang in 2009. Her husband used WebWatcher spyware to track the pair's private emails and online chats over several months, as evidence for divorce proceedings.

The US appeal court has now ruled 2-1 that Mr Luis can sue the software firm Awareness Technologies.
Mr Luis claims the software, which logged web history, searches, chat logs and email threads, illegally intercepted his communications with Ms Zang.

Legal action by Mr Luis against Mr Zang and other unnamed parties has been settled. But Mr Luis pursued his case against Awareness after a district court initially dismissed his claims against the company.

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