Information Law, Policy and Digital Privacy
By: Akiva Miller The trustee in the bankruptcy proceedings of Casey Anthony, former murder suspect, has demanded to sell the rights to Casey Anthony's life story as an asset in bankruptcy:…
By: Jimmy Matteucci On March 21, two bills were introduced in the House and the Senate that would prohibit law enforcement and private investigators from utilizing GPS data or…
By Tanata Tantasathien Social networking sites such as Facebook and Google+ enable people to interact and develop relationships in a whole new way- deviated from traditional face-to-face communications and not…
By: John Sadlik Retail-theft databases, which are used by retailers for background checks on potential employees and to track employee thefts, are facing increased scrutiny from private lawyers and federal…
By: Adam Shamah SCOTUSBlog's "Petition of the day" Tuesday was the cert. petition in Jennings v. Broome, which asks the Supreme Court to answer "Whether e-mails stored by an e-mail…
By: Thomas Prieto The Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, better known as the Bank Secrecy Act of 1970, requires banks to create and keep specific records, which…
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…
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…
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/