From FourthAmendment.com: “The State appeals the denial of its motion to compel a cell phone passcode from defendant, C.J.L. The State argues the motion court erred by overlooking critical ownership evidence and misapplying the foregone conclusion doctrine, effectively importing Fourth Amendment principles into what is a Fifth Amendment inquiry. After examining the record in light…
Category: Laws
Sweeping CT privacy bill aims to give web users more control of sensitive data
Mary Katherine Wildeman reports: Connecticut lawmakers are considering a sweeping bill aimed at giving residents more control over sensitive personal data that websites and apps constantly collect, often in ways hidden to the average internet user. The law would give people with the right to access data that companies have collected about them, opt out…
Announce: Fight for Privacy: Protecting Dignity, Identity, and Love in the Digital Age (Citron)
Law professor Danielle Keats Citron’s new book is out. As seen on Twitter: My new book The Fight for Privacy: Protecting Dignity, Identity, and Love in the Digital Age is ready for pre-order! I’m so excited to share this with you. Thank you @wwnorton @PenguinUKBooks @VonCleland https://t.co/KoqruDrzim — Danielle Citron (@daniellecitron) April 13, 2022 Danielle…
California’s privacy law was supposed to be a model. Then lobbyists got to work.
Ben Brody reports: One morning back in February, Utah state Sen. Kirk Cullimore introduced an updated version of the bill that would soon become the state’s digital privacy law. His measure would be simpler for consumers and less burdensome for business than the California rules that have come to define state privacy in the U.S., the…