John Wesley Hall writes: Cell “tower dump” of all numbers connected to it requires a search warrant issued on probable cause. Here it was lacking. Commonwealth v. Perry, 2022 Mass. LEXIS 151 (Apr. 1, 2022): As law enforcement capabilities continue to develop in the wake of advancing technology, so too must our constitutional jurisprudence. To this…
Category: U.S.
‘Really alarming’: the rise of smart cameras used to catch maskless students in US schools
Mark Keierleber reports: When students in suburban Atlanta returned to school for in-person classes amid the pandemic, they were required to mask up, like in many places across the US. Yet in this 95,000-student district, officials took mask compliance a step further than most. Through a network of security cameras, officials harnessed artificial intelligence to…
Federal Court Approves $1.1 Million TikTok Settlement Over Children’s Privacy Claims
Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: On March 25, 2022, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois approved a $1.1 million settlement with TikTok Inc. (“TikTok”) to resolve claims that TikTok collected children’s data and sold it to third parties without parental consent. Read more at Privacy & Information Security Law Blog.
Colorado braces to become refuge for abortion access if ‘Roe’ is weakened
Rae Ellen Bichell reports: With the Supreme Court expected to overturn or severely weaken its landmark Roe v. Wade decision, clinics in Colorado are preparing for an increase in the number of out-of-state residents seeking abortions, and lawmakers are cementing abortion access protections in state law. Colorado is one of the few states without any restrictions on when in…