Damned if you do, damned if you don’t? Seen at FourthAmendment.com: Defendant attempted to thwart a search of cell phones in his car tried to break one such that it had to be forensically reviewed to get information off of it. He wasn’t under arrest. Still, his actions qualified for a 2 level obstruction enhancement…
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Detroit changes rules for police use of facial recognition after wrongful arrest of Black man
AP reports: The city of Detroit has agreed to pay $300,000 to a Black man who was wrongly arrested for shoplifting, and to change how police use facial-recognition technology to solve crimes after the software identified him as a suspect. The conditions are part of a lawsuit settlement with Robert Williams. His driver’s license photo was…
Redfin, Zillow named in video privacy lawsuits
HousingWire reports: Redfin and Zillow are at the center of two video privacy suits that were filed on June 25 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. In two separate lawsuits, plaintiff Guillermo Mata accuses the real estate companies of violating the Video Privacy Protection Act and the California Invasion of Privacy Act by allegedly…
Lawyers’ Committee Opposes New Draft of American Privacy Rights Act, Urges Representatives to Vote No
WASHINGTON—- The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law released the following statement in response to the most recent draft of the American Privacy Rights Act (APRA). The Lawyers’ Committee has been a leading champion for comprehensive privacy legislation over the past five years. “The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law opposes the new draft of the American Privacy Rights Act (APRA)…