Newspaper Denies Violating Driver’s Privacy Act By Publishing Officers’ Info

Mealey's (February 23, 2016, 3:24 PM EST) -- CHICAGO — In the wake of a denial of certiorari by the U.S. Supreme Court relating to what constitutes personal information under the Driver’s Privacy Protection Act (DPPA), the owner of the Chicago Sun-Times on Feb. 19 filed an answer to a complaint alleging violation of the act in Illinois federal court, asserting affirmative defenses under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (Scott Dahlstrom, et al. v. Sun-Times Media LLC, No. 1:12-cv-00658, N.D. Ill.)....