Lindsay Cohen & KOMO Staff report: In November 2009, Phil Mocek was scheduled to board a Seattle-bound plane in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Instead, he wound up in a jail cell, headed for a fight that could prove historic. The Seattle man refused to show TSA officers his ID with his boarding pass, and argued he…
Category: Court
Naperville Woman Seeks Injunction to Prevent ISP from Turning Over Her Data to Voltage Pictures
Dan Campana reports: In a world where a Hollywood film company wants to stop illegal downloading of its movies, Iris Tam just wants to remain unknown. Tam, a Naperville resident, recently filed paperwork asking a DuPage County judge to block her Internet provider—Wide Open West, known as WOW!—from releasing any of her personal information to…
Sask. woman who refused to fill out census gets absolute discharge
A Saskatchewan woman who refused to fill out the census over privacy concerns was given an absolute discharged Thursday, after being found guilty last week of refusing to fill in the form in 2006. Judge Sheila Whelan announced the sentence for Sandra Finley on Thursday in Saskatoon provincial court. Read more on Canada.com
Article: Automation and the Fourth Amendment
Automation and the Fourth Amendment Matthew Tokson Iowa Law Review [Vol. 96:581-647] Abstract: The Supreme Court has held that an individual relinquishes any Fourth Amendment interest in information that he or she voluntarily discloses to a third party. Known as the “Third Party Doctrine,” this controversial rule is increasingly problematic in an age where a…