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• How Easy Is It For The Police To Get GPS Data From Your Phone?

  
  PogoWasRight.org — Authority: 151
  Justin Elliot has more on the issue of how easy it is — or isn’t — for law enforcement to obtain your GPS data. The issue grabbed a lot of attention last week after graduate student Chris Soghoian published some information suggesting that Sprint had gotten 8 million requests last year for customer data. ...
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• Update: Five TSA Employees Put on Leave After Security Breach; Congress Investigates

  
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  Previously, it was revealed that the screening manual of the Transportation Security Administration was made public by accidental posting online. TSA’s initial response was that the manual was outdated and it was investigating the matter.Now, CBS News cites an anonymous TSA source who says that five TSA employees ...
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• Michigan v. Fisher

  
  The Volokh Conspiracy — Authority: 777
  This morning the Supreme Court handed down a per curiam Fourth Amendment decision, Michigan v. Fisher . The facts of Fisher are pretty similar to Brigham City v. Stuart , 547 U. S. 398 (2006), and the Supreme Court reversed the decision suppressing the evidence on the strength of Stuart . The most surprising ...
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• Fourth Amendment Screwup: Supremes Get the Law Right, but Flunk the Jurisprudence

  
  The Criminal Lawyer — Authority: 113
  In a seemingly ho-hum decision today, the Supreme Court made the shocking pronouncement that the states cannot afford their citizens more rights than the bare minimum allowed federally. A complete reversal of 200 years of American jurisprudence. And though it’s buried at the end of the opinion, it’s at the core ...
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• The Virtual Fourth Amendment

  
  Cato @ Liberty — Authority: 743
  I’ve just gotten around to reading Orin Kerr’s fine paper “ Applying the Fourth Amendment to the Internet: A General Approach .”  Like most everything he writes on the topic of technology and privacy, it is thoughtful and worth reading.  Here, from the abstract, are the main conclusions: First, the ...
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• Star-Ledger: N.J. Supreme Court hears arguments on the privacy of personal e-mails on work computers

  
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  The New Jersey Star-Ledger reports on a case before the state supreme court concerning the privacy of employees’ personal e-mail on employers’ computers.The state Supreme Court today considered whether an employee who corresponded with her lawyer through her personal e-mail account on a company-owned laptop was ...
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• How Private Is GPS Data?

  
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        Justin Elliott at Talking Points Memo published this post yesterday entitled "Police Tapped Sprint Customer GPS Data 8 Million Times in a Year."  Just how private is GPS data?      Elliott reports that Paul Taylor, Sprints Manager of Electronic surveillance, revealed that Sprint "turned on" a ...
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• Canoe (Canada): Laptops on border ’search’ list

  
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  At Canoe, David Canton writes about how to protect the privacy of the data stored on your laptop. He highlights tips from the Canadian Bar Association. Some background: Last year, it was revealed that the US Department of Homeland Security has been claiming expansive powers at the border. Border officials appeared ...
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• I STILL HATE AT & T ALWAYS!

  
  Constitutionalert — Authority: 127
  This is a screenshot from internally at AT & T the day they stole our Fourth Amendment. Since AT & T the sickening filth were all in a tizzy because H.R.6403 was being voted on that day. If we won and retained our Fourth Amendment the Predators known as AT&T with their equipment recently ripped from 1741 ...
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• Sprint Provides U.S. Law Enforcement with Cell Phone Customer Location Data

  
  Privacy Digest — Authority: 506
  Sprint Provides U.S. Law Enforcement with Cell Phone Customer Location Data : Via Schneier on Security . Wired summarizes research by Christopher Soghoian: Sprint Nextel provided law enforcement agencies with customer location data more than 8 million times between September 2008 and October 2009, according to a ...
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• Events of Interest: University of Colorado: Reforming Internet Privacy Law (Dec. 4)

  
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  From the Web site:Reforming Internet Privacy Law at 1 p.m.(See more below on: A Gentle Introduction to the Electronic Communications Privacy Act at 11:00 a.m.)Webcast will be available: http://www.nextgenweb.org/How much privacy do we enjoy online; when should the need for privacy give way to other societal needs; and ...
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• Posted By : Sandra Fulton Washington Legislative Office @ 5:47 pm 12/1/09

  
  Constitutionalert — Authority: 127
  Dec 1st, 2009 Posted by Sandra Fulton, Washington Legislative Office at 5:47pm CONSUMER PRIVACY The Internet is Watching You Your internet usage is being monitored. There is big money in behavioral advertising and even the government is paying for the privilege of knowing what sites you are visiting. How Behavioral ...
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• Martha Coakley Still Doesn’t Get It On The Patriot Act

  
  That's My Congress — Authority: 476
  Whether Martha Coakley is truly clueless about the Patriot Act, or is using the illusion of ignorance to cover for a seething hatred of the constitutional rights of Americans under the Fourth Amendment, she is clearly the wrong choice to succeed Edward Kennedy.
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• Partial List of “THE DISAPPEARED”!

  
  Constitutionalert — Authority: 127
  http://banishedveterans.intuitwebsites.com/files/QuickSiteImages/bg_2.jpg List of veterans facing deportation and deported veterans; Name,Brief Bio, Family Contact Info, Detention Facility,Service, If you would like to put money in their books or write to any detained veterans please contact us.(note some info is ...
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• Soghoian: 8 Million Reasons for Real Surveillance Oversight

  
  Privacy Digest — Authority: 506
  Soghoian: 8 Million Reasons for Real Surveillance Oversight : Via Freedom to Tinker . If youre interested at all in surveillance policy, go and read Chris Soghoians long and impassioned post today. Chris drops several bombshells into the debate, including an audio recording of a closed-door talk by ...
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• Now you know how the California Condor feels

  
  p3 - Persuasion, Perseverance, and Patience — Authority: 132
  Is Sprint your network provider? If so, then heres some news you might be interested in : [L]aw enforcement has used Sprint’s geotracking function 8 million times in the thirteen months prior to [October 2009]. Cheer up, Sprint customers: If the condors got used to it, you will too.
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• Martha Coakley Supports Patriot Act Spying?

  
  Irregular Times: News Unfit for Print — Authority: 442
  With just a week now before the Democratic primary for the special election to replace deceased U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy, disturbing comments from candidate Martha Coakley have been uncovered. In the comments, Coakley appears to be defending government spying on the private activities of law-abiding American ...
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• GPS and Privacy Rights / Editorial- NYTimes.com

  
  Privacy Digest — Authority: 506
  GPS and Privacy Rights : Via Editorial - NYTimes.com . A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., heard arguments last week about whether police should have to get a warrant before putting a GPS device on a suspect’s car. It is a cutting-edge civil liberties question that has divided the courts that have ...
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• Wired: Obama Wants Computer Privacy Ruling Overturned

  
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  Wired reports the Obama administration is seeking to reverse a recent ruling (pdf) by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals concerning search of digital evidence.Solicitor General Elena Kagan and Justice Department officials are asking the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider its August ruling that federal ...
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• Roundup of Privacy Stories from Thanksgiving Holiday

  
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  Here are a few stories of interest from the last few days:WHAS11: Louisville police reveal use of GPS tracking, sometimes without a warrantWHAS11 in Louisville, Kentucky, reports on the warrantless use of GPS (a location-tracking technology) by police. (For more on the legality of warrantless GPS tracking by law ...
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