Nabiha Syed provides a roundup of responses to the Supreme Court’s decision in United States v. Jones that warrantless attachment of a GPS tracking device constitutes a search under the Fourth Amendment. You can also find a selection of thoughts and commentaries on Concurring Opinions. Note that deciding that attaching a GPS to a car is a…
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Ca: Welcome to the new tort of ‘intrusion upon seclusion’
Heather Gardiner reports: The Ontario Court of Appeal has opened a Pandora’s box by recognizing a privacy tort of “intrusion upon seclusion,” says one intellectual property lawyer. In Jones v. Tsige, Sandra Jones and Winnie Tsige worked at different branches of the Bank of Montréal but did not know each other. Tsige began a relationship with…
UK: Civilian snooping army doubles in four years
Tom Whitehead reports: More than 2,500 citizens working for town halls and private security companies can hand out fines, take photographs of offenders and demand their names and addresses. They are not accountable to the police, unless they break the law, and include car park attendants and dog wardens. There are growing concerns among rank-and-file…
DHS monitoring of social media concerns civil liberties advocates
Ellen Nakashima reports: Civil liberties advocates are raising concerns that the Department of Homeland Security’s three-year-old practice of monitoring social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter could extend to tracking public reaction to news events and reports that “reflect adversely” on the U.S. government. The activists, who obtained DHS documents through a Freedom of…