Massachusetts Court Blocks Warrantless Access to Real-Time Cell Phone Location Data
By Jennifer Lynch There’s heartening news for our location privacy out of Massachusetts this week. The Supreme Judicial Court, the state’s highest court, ruled that…
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Google’s Sensorvault Can Tell Police Where You’ve Been
By Jennifer Lynch Do you know where you were five years ago? Did you have an Android phone at the time? It turns out Google…
Victory! Fairfax, Virginia Judge Finds That Local Police Use of ALPR Violates the State’s Data Act
By Nathan Sheard and Jennifer Lynch Thanks to a recent ruling by Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Robert J. Smith, drivers in Fairfax County, Virginia…
Your Fourth Amendment Rights Should Not be Limited by Terms of Service
By Jennifer Lynch Last week, we filed an amicus brief in U.S. v. Wilson, a federal appellate case, in which we argued that email providers’…
Victory! Illinois Supreme Court Protects Biometric Privacy
By Jennifer Lynch and Adam Schwartz The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled unanimously that when companies collect biometric data like fingerprints or face prints without…
Victory! Supreme Court Says Fourth Amendment Applies to Cell Phone Tracking
By Andrew Crocker and Jennifer Lynch The Supreme Court handed down a landmark opinion today in Carpenter v. United States, ruling 5-4 that the Fourth…
HART: Homeland Security’s Massive New Database Will Include Face Recognition, DNA, and People’s “Non-Obvious Relationships”
By Jennifer Lynch So why do we know so little about it? The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is quietly building what will likely…