Privacy

New York Bill Would Prohibit Geolocation Tracking and Geofencing Warrants

The proposed law would ban the search of geolocation data or keyword data of a group of people who are under no individual suspicion of having committed a crime but rather are defined by having been at a given location at a given time or searched particular words, phrases, character strings, or websites. It would also bar courts from issuing reverse location search warrants and create a process to suppress any evidence gathered in violation of the law.

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Oklahoma Bill Would Ban Warrantless Stingray Location Tracking

A bill filed in the Oklahoma Senate would ban the use of “stingrays” to track the location of phones without a warrant in most situations. The passage of the bill would not only protect privacy in the Sooner State; it would also hinder one aspect of the federal surveillance state.

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Oklahoma Bill Would Put Electronic Communications and Data Privacy Amendment on the Ballot

A resolution prefiled in the Oklahoma Senate would put a state constitutional amendment on the ballot to elevate the privacy of a person’s electronic communications and data to the same level as “persons, houses, papers and possessions.”

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COVID Technologies Feeding Into the Global Surveillance State

This is precisely why the government should never be given any leeway to warrantlessly gather information and track individuals for any reason - even "public health."

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Oklahoma Bill Would Limit Warrantless Electronic Data Collection; Hinder Federal Surveillance

A bill prefiled in the Oklahoma Senate would ban the warrantless collection of electronic data and the use of “stingrays” to track the location of phones and sweep up electronic communications in most situations. The passage of the bill would not only protect privacy in the Sooner State, but it would also hinder one aspect of the federal surveillance state.

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Missouri Bill Would Limit Warrantless Drone Surveillance

Much of the funding for drones at the state and local level comes from the federal government, in and of itself a constitutional violation. In return, federal agencies tap into the information gathered by state and local law enforcement through fusion centers and the Information Sharing Environment (ISE).

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South Carolina Bill Would Ban Cell Site Simulators, Hinder Federal Surveillance

In effect, H3389 would prohibit South Carolina law enforcement agencies from purchasing cell-site simulator technology or devices. Any police department that currently possesses or uses cell-site simulator technology or devices would be required to discontinue its use and discard the technology or devices.

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Amendments to California Fourth Amendment Protection Act Needed to Give It Effect

It's difficult to come up with a scenario in which the law as chaptered would have any practical effect. That’s not to say there isn’t one, but it would become operative only in a very narrow range of circumstances. The California legislature can make a few simple fixes to the law to give it practical effect.

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4th Amendment Protection: Shut Down the Surveillance State

You’ll never get the feds to limit their own power to spy on everyone, everywhere. It’s up to the people and the states to opt out and start the process of bringing the surveillance state to an end. The state-level 4th Amendment Protection Act is a big step in that direction.

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Montana Voters Approve Constitutional Amendment to Treat Electronic Data as “Persons, Houses, Papers and Possessions”

Montana voters overwhelmingly approved a state constitutional amendment that elevates the privacy of a person’s electronic communications and data to the same level as “persons, houses, papers and possessions.”

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