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Employees and the Fourth Amendment
Today, a three judge panel from the Ninth Circuit withdrew its opinion in United States v. Zeigler and issued a new opinion. As you may remember, the original…
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nice quote
There's always another perspective we have to consider in the privacy debate. Matt Lamberti, Asst. U.S. Attorney, just noted that "when you talk about…
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some themes today
For all of the high-level discussion of fourth amendment doctrine today, a couple of more concrete themes have struck me as particularly salient today: First,…
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RFID demonstration - Wow!
Nicky Ozer's panel has been the most interactive panel so far. Nicky played a YouTube video of news coverage of the RFID reader that was hacked in the Calif…
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live at the CIS/STLR Digital Privacy Symposium
It's break time now at CIS/STLR's Digital Privacy Symposium, so what better time for a blog post? The day has been going well so far -- we've had th…
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Data Retention and the Fourth Amendment
Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez is interested in restarting talks with Congress about data retention legislation. (See Anne Broache, “Feds: Details of ISP Sno…
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Privacy Symposium Drafts Up!
The symposium drafts for "Search and Seizure in the Digital Age" are all up! Check them out at the symposium page at the Stanford Technology Law Revie…
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Victory in Poulsen FOIA case
In April of 2006, Wired News editor Kevin Poulsen sued the United States Customs and Border Patrol under the Freedom of Information Act. Poulsen won the case, a…
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New Technologies and Constitutional Searches
This month's Reason contains an excellent article entitled, "The Pinpoint Search: How super-accurate surveillance technology threatens our privacy.&quo…
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United States v. Buckner
Yesterday, Circuit Judge Diana Gribbon Motz issued an interesting opinion on behalf of a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth…
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An Unpopular Position on Net Neutrality
I've already gone on record opposing "net neutrality" legislation, (see "What's Wrong With Net Neutrality," http://www.cioinsight.co…
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Happy Holidays...
Generally around this year, I receive a number of requests for financial support from charitable organizations, civil rights groups, and the educational institu…