Tag: Fourth Amendment
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Fourth Amendment Is Not for Sale Act Goes Back to Congress
are moving with uncommon speed to close a loophole in federal law that police and intelligence agencies use to collect sensitive …
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Uber to file federal suit against LA over users’ real-time location data
Uber is poised to file a federal lawsuit over Los Angeles’s demands for what the company (as well as privacy advocates and, presumably, …
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Google data puts innocent man at the scene of a crime
You’ve assuredly heard this before about ubiquitous surveillance, or perhaps even said it yourself: “If you have nothing to hide, and …
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Can the Government Buy Its Way Around the Fourth Amendment?
Last Friday, The Wall Street Journal revealed that the Department of Homeland Security has been using commercially available cell phone …
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US Border Officers Humbled by Fourth Amendment Ruling
Privacy groups are celebrating after a federal court ruled that suspicion-free searches of travellers’ electronic devices at the US …
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US Court rules travellers’ phones and laptops cannot be searched arbitrarily
A federal court in Boston has ruled that US government agents cannot search phones and laptops of international travellers at airports and …
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Court finds FBI use of NSA database violated Americans’ Fourth Amendment rights
One employee used the database to search for himself, relatives and other FBI employees, according to newly declassified …
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DHS policies allow unlimited, warrantless device search
A lawsuit against warrantless searches at US border points has revealed that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has given its border …
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Cops can try suspect’s fingers on locked iPhones found at crime scene
In January, a Northern California federal judge ruled that police can’t force suspects to unlock their phones with biometrics, even with …
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Woman sues US border patrol over data copied from seized iPhone
An American Muslim citizen is suing the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for seizing her iPhone at an airport, keeping it for 130 …
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Guy jailed for refusing to unlock phones
On 21 June, a Florida cop pulled over William John Montanez for failing to come to a stop before he pulled out from a business’ driveway …
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US authorities now need warrant for your cellphone location data
Privacy activists scored a legal victory this week after the Supreme Court ruled it unlawful for law enforcement and federal agencies to …
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