FourthAmendment.com points us to an article by Clark Beek that begins: Sorry, but when it comes to Coast Guard boardings, you don’t have any rights. I’m surprised how many boaters don’t know this. The US Coast Guard can board your boat any time they want, and look anywhere they want, without probable cause or a…
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Pandora User Seeks To Revive Privacy Lawsuit
Wendy Davis reports: A Michigan resident is preparing to ask a federal appeals court to reinstate his privacy lawsuit against Pandora, court records show. Peter Deacon alleged in a 2011 lawsuit that Pandora violated a Michigan privacy law by participating in Facebook’s “instant personalization” program. That program shares logged-in Facebook users’ names and photos with outside companies,…
Are Police Dogs Invading Our Privacy?
Emily Bazelon writes: When I see a police dog inside a train station or at a public gathering, I feel safer. I figure it is there to protect us from explosives, and if it sniffs out drugs along the way, well, that’s against the law, too. But what if it turns out that the dogs…
The Legal Battle Over Cell Phone Location Privacy
Larry Bodine writes: It’s just a “routine investigation.” The feds want the location records of MetroPCS and T-Mobile cell phone customers in Texas without bothering to show that a crime was even committed. The U.S. Attorney in Houston asserts that cell phone users have no reasonable expectation of privacy as to their location, and he…