Information Law, Policy and Digital Privacy
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
By Kenneth Alan Agee Soon US spy agencies may have access to a large database of financial data, which includes a vast amount of US citizens’ financial data. Earlier this…
By Lina Enriquez Under the umbrella of the Privacy Act (1974), a provision expressed in 42 USC § 14135(a) allows agencies of the U.S. that arrest or detain or…