Fourth Amendment
Kansas court rules against “reverse warrants”
A win for privacy and due process.
Big Tech industry groups sue to stop Florida’s anti-censorship law
The groups represent Amazon, Facebook, Google, and other tech giants.
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Intelligence agencies bypass the need for warrants by buying data harvested from smartphones
Some of the most popular apps on people’s smartphones are harvesting this data.
IRS accused of buying smartphone data from unsuspecting surveillance targets
Data was collected without the targets’ knowledge.
Federal court rules geofence warrants are unconstitutional
It turns out non-specific warrants are illegal.
Court rules feds need warrant to look at your phone’s lockscreen
The court ruled it’s protected by the Fourth Amendment.
The UK is about to get access to search US citizens’ data without a warrant
Digital rights groups are calling on people to contact their political representation.
Judge dismisses Wikimedia case against the NSA
Somehow Wikimedia has to prove that it’s being surveilled, even though that surveillance would be secret.
Google gives police data on all users within 100 feet of bank robbery
These controversial reverse location search warrants force Google to give law enforcement data on anyone who was near the scene of a crime.
NSA warrantless searches of the private data of US citizens is at an all time high
Warrantless searches of phone calls, chat logs, emails and other data collected from Americans increased by 28 percent.