Information Law, Policy and Digital Privacy
Privacy Blog: Emails Closer to Warrant Protection as Enormously Popular Bill Advances By: Inhwan Lee (Panel 2) April 14th, 2016 Article: http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-04-13/emails-closer-to-warrant-protection-as-enormously-popular-bill-advances A legislation to amend the Stored Communications Act…
Topic: Surveillance and the First Amendment By: Adelaide Dunn, Panel 2 Post: Ryan Calo, “Tech companies may be our best hope for resisting government surveillance” Fusion.net (September 7, 2015) http://fusion.net/story/193583/tech-companies-may-be-our-best-hope-for-resisting-government-surveillance/…
Parental Eavesdropping: An Exception for “Best Interests” Information Privacy Blog Post By: Viviana Puchi http://bigstory.ap.org/article/0ad56b89ebee4903a4bc53adb3bf7012/new-yorks-top-court-parents-can-legally-eavesdrop-kids On April 5, 2016, the New York Court of Appeals ruled that parents can legally…
By: Samuel J. Beckerman https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2015/10/29/warrant-to-search-phone-did-not-allow-opening-folder-unlikely-to-contain-evidence-sought-court-rules/ The United States Supreme Court decided in the case of Riley v. California, that the warrantless search of the digital contents of a cellphone violates…
By: Jeff Mudd Article: http://blog.norml.org/2016/02/12/legalizing-marijuana-and-your-4th-amendment-protections/ The Fourth Amendment provides protections against unreasonable searches by law enforcement, but in many states where marijuana remains illegal, courts have consistently held that the smell…
Privacy Blog Post: Panel 4. By Clay Venetis Gilford, New Hampshire Proposes Rules for Police Body Cameras, Including an Exemption to State Wiretapping Laws. http://www.laconiadailysun.com/newsx/local-news/93405-body-camera-legislation-winds-through-state-house The use of body cameras…
Police Body Cameras and Data Protection Standards in Maryland By: Farzaan Ijaz A recent article in the Baltimore Sun has brought attention to the substandard data privacy policies put into…
The FBI Operated a Child Porn Website for Nearly Two Weeks By: Peter Steffensen What are the lengths that the Federal Bureau of Investigation may go to in order to…
Legislators Continue to Drag Feet on ECPA Reform By: Alex Schindler (Panel 4) The way we transmit and store our information by electronic means has changed dramatically since 1986, so…
Information Privacy Post By: Paul J Mancuso The Department of Justice recently dropped its case against Apple after the FBI managed to unlock the iPhone of one of the shooters…