Defining State Action in a Sea of Bureaucracy
Many legal principles impact the daily lives of Americans. The state action and third-party doctrines play an influential role in determining how easy it is for the government to access an individual’s digital data.
What Is the Scope of a Warrant?
Trust cannot be built without clarity, but when law enforcement meets rapid technological innovation, confusion abounds.
Geofences Aren’t the Only Reverse Warrants
Reverse search warrants are requests made by law enforcement to a technology company seeking caches of data that could be relevant to a criminal investigation.
Facial Recognition Is Plagued by Problems
Given the public/private partnerships that make government use of facial recognition possible, consumers remain unaware of which seemingly benign consumer products could land in government hands.
HB 340: Legitimizing Law Enforcement’s Access to DNA
This bill creates a process for law enforcement to request DNA search information from private companies and secretly collect familial DNA.
Apple’s Privacy Blunder Highlights the Need for Legal Protections
This entire situation does highlight the need for consumers to be aware of the risks they run with their data before deciding to entrust it to a third party as well as the need for robust guardrails for government agencies that...