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
Category: Court
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…
Pennsylvania Court Specifies Test for Unmasking Anonymous Online Speakers
Ryan Mrazik writes: Last week, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania vacated a trial court’s order directing the disclosure of the identities of six John Does who allegedly posted defamatory remarks on the internet and adopted a four-prong modified test for unmasking anonymous online speakers in the future. In Pilchesky v. Gatelli, 2001 Pa. Super. 3, Nos….
Is There a Right of Informational Privacy? Supreme Court Avoids the Issue in NASA Opinion
Debra Cassens Weiss discusses today’s Supreme Court opinion in NASA v. Nelson with a focus on the court’s statements about whether there is a constitutional right to information privacy: “We assume, without deciding, that the Constitution protects a privacy right of the sort” mentioned in two 1977 Supreme Court decisions, Alito wrote. “We hold, however,…