Samantha Hawkins reports: “It makes me so sick that they spied on us all of the time.” “We came here for freedom of speech, freedom of religion. But we learned through experience that these things are untouchable.” Nahla Al-Arian and her family were spied on for more than a decade by the U.S. government. Eventually,…
Category: U.S.
Ring refuses to say how many users had video footage obtained by police
Zack Whittaker reports: Ring gets a lot of criticism, not just for its massive surveillance network of home video doorbells and its problematic privacy and security practices, but also for giving that doorbell footage to law enforcement. While Ring is making moves toward transparency, the company refuses to disclose how many users had their data given to police. The video doorbell maker, acquired…
Colorado Legislature Passes Comprehensive Consumer Privacy Bill
Libbie Canter, Lindsey Tonsager, Jayne Ponder, and Madeline Salinas of Covington & Burling write: Colorado is poised to join the growing number of states enacting a comprehensive privacy law. On Monday, June 7, both houses of the legislature passed the Colorado Privacy Act. The bill will now be sent to the Governor for approval. The Colorado…
Gorsuch Pushes Stronger Fourth Amendment Protections
Damon Root writes: In 2019, California’s 1st District Court of Appeal ruled that a police officer may always enter a suspect’s home without a warrant if the officer is in pursuit and has probable cause to believe the suspect has committed a misdemeanor. In February, the U.S. Supreme Court considered whether that ruling should be…