Category: Privacy

Back Away from the Wallet

by Terry Francke, General Counsel | Aug 25, 2015 | Awareness Area: Justice, Awareness Area: Liberties, Legal Issue: Public Information, News, Privacy | 0 |

Highway robbery isn’t—when it’s done by a California police officer or sheriff’s deputy. Instead, it’s called civil asset forfeiture. If you’re caught with large amounts of cash in your vehicle, you lose it (and maybe the...

High Court to Decide on Police Searches of E-Devices

by Terry Francke, General Counsel | Apr 30, 2014 | Awareness Area: Justice, Awareness Area: Liberties, Free Speech/Press, News, Privacy | 0 |

In a case important to journalists and others who carry sensitive information on their smartphones, computers and e-tablets, the U.S. Supreme Court is poised to rule on when—if ever—police can lawfully search them without a...

Bill Would Give Some Privacy to Heat Packers

by Terry Francke, General Counsel | Jan 17, 2013 | 2013, Awareness Area: Government, Legislation, News, Privacy, Public Records/Information | 0 |

While the names of those who get—or even apply for—permits to carry concealed weapons are matters of public record in California and would stay that way under the recently introduced Assembly Bill 134, the bill by freshman...

SB 914

by Terry Francke, General Counsel | Mar 26, 2012 | 2011, Activities, Legislation, Privacy | 0 |

SESSION: 2011 INFORMATION: SB 914 (Leno) would prohibit the search of information contained in a portable electronic device, as defined, by a law enforcement officer incident to a lawful custodial arrest except pursuant to a...

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