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6th Circuit Allows Wiretap Claim for Computer Spy App

The Sixth Circuit has allowed a Florida man ,who had his platonic communications with a married Ohio woman monitored by her husband using Awareness Technologies, Inc.’s (“ATI”) WebWatcher, to proceed with claims against both the husband and ATI under the federal Wiretap Act, the Ohio Wiretap Act, and Ohio common law. The Wiretap Act prohibits the…