Elias Hazou reports: Debates on amending Article 17 of the Constitution, which would allow police to monitor electronic communications, has become bogged down in tricky legal terrain. The House Legal Affairs Committee has more or less agreed on the broad strokes of a draft bill. Under the proposed legislation, phone and Internet surveillance would be…
Category: Laws
Editorial: Florida trampled woman’s rights
Today’s St. Petersburg Times has an editorial about a case previously covered on PHIprivacy.net. They write: Samantha Burton wanted to make her own decisions about her obstetrical care, but the state of Florida wouldn’t let her. Claiming it was protecting her fetus, the state took away her rights as a patient and a citizen and…
SC legislators approve warrantless searches
The Associated Press reports: South Carolina legislators have tweaked a bill allowing officers to conduct warrantless searches by requiring them to first verify the person is on probation or parole. The House Judiciary Committee approved the measure on Tuesday that allows officers to bypass going to a judge for a warrant before searching people on…
Long waits in Utah’s bid to comply with fed ID law
Brock Vergakis of The Associated Press reports: So packed is the parking lot at Utah’s busiest driver’s license office that on certain days people circle it endlessly in their cars, waiting to pounce on an elusive open spot. Some give up, and park illegally. Lines of frustrated customers often stretch outside the busy office into…