Ryan Tarinelli, Associated Press Published March 17, 2019 The infotainment technology that automakers are cramming into the dashboard of new vehicles is making drivers take their eyes off the road and hands off the wheel for dangerously long periods of time, an AAA study says. (Oct. 5) AP CARSON CITY, Nev. – Most states ban texting […]
In U.S. v. Therrien, No. 2:18-cr-00085 (D. Vt. Mar. 13, 2019), Vermont District Judge Christina Reiss denied the defendant’s motion to suppress evidence obtained via a subpoena of Google for subscriber information, rejecting the defendant’s argument that the United States Supreme Court decision in Carpenter v. US forecloses the government’s ability to obtain this type of data without […]
By Brandi Vincent, March 22, 2019, Lawmakers want the attorney general to explain how the collection of cellular location data has changed following a recent SCOTUS decision. A bipartisan group of senators questioned the Justice Department this week regarding how the government’s treatment of cellphone-generated location data in national security cases has changed in lieu […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. March 18, 2019—Today New America’s Open Technology Institute joined a coalition of 39 civil liberties organizations in calling on the House Judiciary Committee to hold public hearings and seek important information regarding surveillance conducted under the Patriot Act. The groups also called on Congress to end the Section 215 call detail records program, through which […]
By Olivia Covington, March 8, 2019. Even though law enforcement conducted a warrantless Fourth Amendment search when they accessed of a man’s cellphone location data, the admission of the data does not warrant a new trial because any error was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled Friday, upholding a man’s four […]
