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'Give Us Your Passwords'
"“While the reasonable-suspicion standard for a border search is pretty low, it would at least preclude a blanket rule that every traveler disclose their p…
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Right to Be Forgotten: Much Ado About Nothing
In the information society, the role of private sector entities in gathering information for and about users has long been a most critical issue. Therefore, int…
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Stanford Radio on SiriusXM features ‘living room conversations’ with faculty
"In a pilot venture with SiriusXM Satellite Radio, Stanford is launching two talk programs hosted by faculty members: The Future of Everything, focused on…
American Spies - Modern Surveillance, Why You Should Care, And What to Do About It
US intelligence agencies - the eponymous American spies - are exceedingly aggressive, pushing and sometimes bursting through the technological, legal and politi…
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Email Privacy Act has another run at becoming law
"As the ACLU argues in a letter, the existing law essentially violates the fourth amendment, protecting citizens against unreasonable search and seizure. R…
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U.S. House Passes Bill Requiring Warrants to Search Old Emails
"Richard Salgado, director of law enforcement and information security at Google (GOOG, +0.47%), said in a statement the measure would "fix a constitu…
It's Too Complicated: How the Internet Upends Katz, Smith, and Electronic Surveillance Law
For more than forty years, electronic surveillance law in the United States has drawn a strong distinction between the protections afforded to communications &q…
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Area law enforcement moving to deploy body cameras
"Harlan Yu, a principal at Upturn, pointed out that the police chief has the authority to bar an officer from viewing a recording, particularly if it inclu…
Illinois Issues: Hackers Expose Cybersecurity Holes In The State
"That inability to address growing cyber risk is part of what makes state and local governments easy targets for hackers, says Brian Nussbaum, a professor…
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Alert: Sunrise Coming in May for New Privacy Law, Enforcer in Japan
"Woodrow Hartzog, Starnes Professor of Law at the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University, told Bloomberg BNA that the amended act “makes some very…
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Cybersecurity researchers halt work with law enforcement, cancel conferences in travel ban's wake
"University of Washington robotics law expert Ryan Calo said via email that while Homeland Security has “amazing and dedicated" people, “I'm not g…
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Encryption for All: Why This American Tradition Must Be Upheld
"While many proponents of backdoors say that they are vital to intelligence gathering processes, privacy advocates like King believe that the very premise…