Doxing: A Legal Violation of Privacy
Doxing is the practice of compiling someone’s information from the internet and releasing it to cause harm. In most cases, it is (almost) perfectly legal. [...]
Privacy
Articles examining the issues affecting the reasonable expectation of privacy.
Keeping information on the cloud does not keep it safe
Many celebrities recently experienced the limitations of cybersecurity firsthand when their personal accounts were hacked and photographs disseminated throughout the internet. [...]
When is cell phone location data constitutionally protected private information?
The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that obtaining a criminal defendant’s cell phone location data without a warrant violated the defendant’s Fourth Amendment privacy rights. [...]
Everyday People Make an Easy Target for Hackers
Rapid technological growth makes it difficult for consumers and casual internet users to properly protect their personal information. [...]
Is the cure for terrorism worse than the disease?
The federal government's current data mining policies might violate our Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures. They might also be saving us. [...]
The Spy Who Got Taken to Court
Senator Rand Paul’s suit against the NSA likely faces difficult constitutional and procedural hurdles. [...]
[Don’t] Look, You’re Being Followed
Retailers have begun using signals from cell phones to track individuals’ movements within their stores. [...]
The Fourth Amendment implications of living with a roommate [Updated]
The Supreme Court of the United States is currently revisiting the issue of co-tenant consent searches, deciding whether a carve-out to the general rule is warranted, or whether previous legal precedent should be abandoned. [...]
Federal Appellate Court removes trial judge from stop-and-frisk case
In October 2013, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit blocked Judge Shira Scheindlin’s order requiring changes to the New York Police Department’s stop-and-frisk program and removed Judge Scheindlin from the case. In August, after a two-month trial, Scheindlin ruled that the NYPD not only violated the Fourth Amendment’s guarantee against unreasonable searches and seizures, but had also violated the Fourteenth Amendment by resorting to a “policy of indirect racial [...]
Would police need a warrant to search Zack Morris’s cellphone?
As two cases make their way to the Supreme Court of the United States, attorneys, officers, and defendants await a final answer regarding the constitutionality of warrantless cellphone searches. [...]
Warrantless GPS tracking deemed unconstitutional by Third Circuit
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit recently decided United States v. Katzin, a case that now expands the holding of United States v. Jones and requires law enforcement to obtain an authorized warrant before attaching a GPS tracking device to a vehicle. [...]
Are celebs’ babies finally free to roam the streets of L.A. in peace?
California’s new anti-harassment law has good intentions in penalizing those who harass celebrities’ children, but may potentially target the wrong people. [...]
New technology, new concerns: fingerprints, privacy, and the iPhone
In September 2013, Apple, Inc., introduced the next iteration of its popular iPhone line: the iPhone 5S. Apple’s new flagship device boasts “Touch ID” technology as one of its revolutionary new features. This new technology allows users to instantly authenticate themselves by merely touching the home button located on the front of the phone. While Apple is not the first manufacturer to implement biometrics technology into a consumer cell phone, it will undoubtedly be the first to [...]
Facebook’s new privacy policy claims to give teens a reasonable expectation of online privacy
Is Facebook giving teens a voice or using their “activism” for advertising revenue? [...]
Would you like some rose-colored glasses?
Despite its benefits and appeal, legal implications and privacy concerns arise from Google Glass. [...]
