Monday, January 30, 2012

Oregon Court Makes a Pro-Privacy Ruling

An Oregon court rules that it is a violation of Fourth Amendment rights for a policeman to search someone's digital camera without a warrant:

http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2012/01/eugene_verdict_clarifies_law_p.html

I like this: "That's the electronic equivalent of police walking off with several file cabinets of private papers without benefit of a judge's signature, said Lauren Regan, Schlossberg's lawyer."

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