Carpenter

The Cybersecurity 202: Privacy advocates want Congress to fix gaps in Carpenter ruling

Date published:

June 25, 2018

"What does that mean for a shorter period? Not clear, said Albert Gidari, consulting director of privacy at the Stanford Law Center for Internet and Society.

SCOTUS Case Could Redefine 'Reasonable Expectatio of Privacy'

Date published:

November 29, 2017

News@Northeastern

"“A lot of what we’re getting at in the Carpenter case,” said Woodrow Hartzog, professor of law and computer science at Northeastern, “is a growing sense of discontent from the judges over the seemingly simplistic rules we crafted years ago about when and how the government can surveil and collect information about us in light of all these powerful information technologies." Read more about SCOTUS Case Could Redefine 'Reasonable Expectatio of Privacy'

Wireless carriers on mute as U.S. top court hears big privacy case

Date published:

November 17, 2017

Reuters

"Unlike internet firms, telephone providers require government licenses to operate and many have signed contractual agreements that mandate cooperation with the government on legal processes, said Albert Gidari, a lawyer who represented phone and internet companies on surveillance issues for 20 years.

Digital rights activists said this fact makes U.S. carriers reluctant to pick privacy fights with the government. Read more about Wireless carriers on mute as U.S. top court hears big privacy case

American Policing Goes to the Supreme Court

Date published:

October 1, 2017

The Atlantic

"But technology has slightly changed since then. Elizabeth Joh, a University of California, Davis, law professor who studies policing and surveillance, told me most people don’t realize the data they create when using everyday devices could someday be used against them by law enforcement. In fact, they probably don’t know much about their data at all. “Number one, we’re not really aware most of the time how much information we’re providing to these third parties,” Joh said. Read more about American Policing Goes to the Supreme Court