Hanni Fakhouri takes Governor Jerry Brown out to the shed for vetoing the location privacy law passed by the California legislature. Here’s part of the commentary: For Governor Brown, it appears the “right balance” is to tip the scales decisively in favor of law enforcement. Because while vetoing SB 1434, Governor Brown did sign AB 2055,…
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Gov. Brown vetoes requiring a warrant for cellphone location info
Patrick McGreevy reports the news-I-expected-but-hoped-I-was-wrong: Gov. Jerry Brown on Sunday vetoed a bill that would have required law enforcement officers to get a search warrant in order to obtain location information generated by a cellphone, tablet computer or automobile navigation system. Read more on The Los Angeles Times. And if the Governor doesn’t think this bill…
Article: The Curious History of Fourth Amendment Searches – Orin Kerr
More food for thought from Orin Kerr. Here’s the abstract of his new paper, The Curious History of Fourth Amendment Searches: In United States v. Jones, 132 S.Ct. 945 (2012), the Supreme Court restored the trespass test of Fourth Amendment law: Any government conduct that is a trespass onto persons, houses, papers, or effects is a…
Hong Kong Privacy Commissioner Leaflet – “Offence for Disclosing Personal Data Obtained without Consent from Data User”
The Hong Kong Privacy Commissioner released a new leaflet (download here) this week reminding everyone of the new rules on disclosure of personal data that go into effect on October 1. From the accompanying press release: 1. Under the Personal Data (Privacy) (Amendment) Ordinance 2012, which will come into effect on 1 October 2012, it is…