Tagged: Privacy

Privacy and the Royals.

September 17, 2012 at 12:55 pm

Notwithstanding Prince Harry’s penchant for semi-public nudity, the British Royal family takes their privacy very seriously. You are all too young to remember when the French paparazzi chased Princess Diana’s car, leading to the crash that killed her. But after that the British became fairly intolerant of the media intruding on their Royals, regardless of […]

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More on GPS Devices.

January 29, 2012 at 9:33 pm

The New York Times published a fascinating article this morning regarding the increasing use of GPS devices.  As we now know thanks to US v. Jones, if the government attaches a GPS device to your car it is a search, so a warrant is required. But what if your spouse, or your parent, or a […]

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Privacy

January 25, 2012 at 8:28 am

Yesterday the Supreme Court announced its decision in U.S. v. Jones. Jones involved a case where a suspected drug dealer was monitored by the police using a GPS device attached to his car. The police had obtained a warrant, but went beyond the warrant’s terms when they used the GPS. The defendant made a motion […]

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