Defendant had a Fifth Amendment right to not give up the unlock code to his cell phone. Utah declines to apply the foregone conclusion exception to the Fifth Amendment to attempt to require a suspect to give up his cell phone unlock code. The state’s comment on it at trial as an inference of guilt…
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FTC Commissioner Wilson Signals Openness to Data Privacy Rulemaking
From EPIC.org: Christine Wilson, one of four current members of the Federal Trade Commission, said Friday that she is open to using the FTC’s rulemaking authority to regulate data privacy. “I would hope that Congress will act, but if Congress doesn’t act, maybe we do spend that time,” Politico quoted Commissioner Wilson as saying during a Silicon Flatirons event. EPIC has…
Major hospital systems plan to share anonymous data on millions of patients through Seattle startup
Heidi Groover reports: Providence and about a dozen other major health-care systems across the country said Thursday they will join in a venture “unprecedented” in scope to share anonymized patient data in hopes of supporting research and better understanding medical conditions and treatments. The health-care systems will co-own a private Seattle-based startup company called Truveta…
1st Circuit Upholds Border Searches of Phones and Laptops
Thomas Harrison reports: Border agents can turn on a U.S. citizen’s laptop, phone or other digital device, scroll through the data and then confiscate it for weeks even if they don’t have any reason to suspect that the owner is guilty of a crime, the First Circuit ruled Wednesday. “Given the volume of travelers passing…