In a new article on an unresolved question, Joshua A. Engel writes, in part: In cases starting to wind through state and federal courts, the government has sought to compel suspects and defendants to provide passwords and encryption keys. For example, in a Colorado case involving allegations of real estate fraud, the government seized several computers after…
Category: Laws
Twitter Users ‘Should Not Be Charged For Breaking Super-Injunctions’
Chris Wimpress reports: The number of celebrities hiding behind super-injunctions has fallen dramatically, Britain’s top newspaper editors have confirmed. Earlier this year a row over public figures abusing such court injunctions broke out. Private Eye editor Iain Hislop was one of several senior journalists to tell MPs and Peers on Monday that the issue appeared…
Facebook’s Swedish data centre will be subject to Snoop Law
Anna Leach reports: The icy location is a big advantage for the new data centre that Facebook is planning in the northern Swedish town of Lulea. But while the frigid Arctic winds will fan the servers, it’s the legal climate that could get hot. A controversial Swedish internet surveillance law passed in 2008 allows the…
Where in the world are there data protection laws?
I stand in awe of how much some folks accomplish. Dave Banisar alerts me that he has updated the global map showing which countries have comprehensive data protection laws. The number is now up to 70. You can see the map on SSRN (click the download link). And yes, that glaring white area in North America…