Drones to the Rescue
By: Wesley Horner I used to have a remote control helicopter. OK, I still do. One of the great things about technology is that as it becomes economical to make…
Arguments in U.S. v. Rigmaiden For and Against Stingray Tracking
By: Cory McAlister As Benjamin Smith mentioned in a recent post, the question of law enforcement's use of "stingrays" in criminal investigations is currently being litigated in an Arizona federal…
Supreme Court of Canada Rules that Text Messages are Private
By: Jamaal Myers In R v Telus Communications Co. police officers attempted to retrieve text messages stored in the computer database of Telus, a Canadian phone company, under a general…
FAA to host drone web forum
For those interested in the emerging FAA policies regarding drone use, be sure to check out their upcoming web forum. http://www.faa.gov/about/initiatives/uas/
Tracking Human Mobility
By: Peter Thompson A recent study shows that individuals can be identified through their mobile phone location with only basic use (i.e. non-Smartphone basic use). By tracking human mobility,…
Tories restrict online data mining, but not for social media
By: Brittni Reaser The Canadian Government is restricting the data that is gathered when its citizens access government websites. The Privacy Commissioner has been raising concerns about data mining for…
The end of a controversed Canadian “government-spying” bill
By: Michel Leclerc The recent debate over the Canadian “Bill C-30” shows us how fierce the discussions surrounding governmental data mining can be. This bill, also known as the “Protecting…
Privacy and Law Enforcement
By: Matt Rotbart Our reading on privacy and law enforcement focused on the tension between privacy and security and the roles of the Fourth and Fifth amendments. Among other things, we…
The Cold Stare of Justice: How Automatic License Plate Readers Chill Activity
By: Stephen Elkind When we are observed, we modify our behavior. Indeed, “merely hanging up posters of staring human eyes is enough to significantly change people’s behavior.” When you…
Stop and Frisk in NYC
By: Christopher Clark http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/27/nyregion/police-perspective-to-be-presented-at-trial-on-stop-and-frisk-tactic.html?hp&_r=0: This article is about New York’s “Stop and Frisk” police policy. The police and others contend the policy is permissible because it is done when only…