Information Law, Policy and Digital Privacy
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…
Maryland Court says Use of IMSI Catchers Violate the Fourth Amendment By Nicole Kramer The following blog post was written following an article featured on Fortune’s online platform, and can…