A Golden Gate law student posted an article about the Ninth Circuit's take on GPS tracking -- a case that gets lost in the Maynard hype. She writes:
The Supreme Court has recognized that law enforcement’s utilization of more advanced forms of technology threatens to diminish the privacy guaranteed by the Fourth Amendment. To avoid this, courts should “take the long view, from the original meaning of the Fourth Amendment forward,” so as to protect the rights and privacy
interests of the public. While courts cannot read the Fourth Amendment as confining law enforcement to the technology and tactics available in the eighteenth century, privacy concerns raised by fantastic technological advances oblige the Supreme Court to watch closely to safeguard fairness in the federal court system.
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
The Social Media/First Amendment Face Off
LTN published a new article:
The Social Media/First Amendment Face Off
Law Technology News
June 07, 2011
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Social Media sites have become a significant source of evidence for federal and state criminal investigators. News reports, for example, have described the manner in which federal investigators have been seeking warrants for the Facebook accounts of targets. One person who faced criminal charges after the search of his account complained, "To be honest with you, it bothers me . . . Facebook could have let me know what was going on. Instead, I got my door kicked down, and all of a sudden I'm in handcuffs."
Sorry for Slow Posting
Apologies to followers. I have been traveling, and then we had a death in the family. So I have been out of touch. Regular posting will resume shortly.
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