By JW August, journalist and Past President of Californians Aware Email is part of our lives now. It came on like a category five hurricane just a generation ago, changing the world of business and bureaucracy and creating the...
Read MoreCalifornia’s Fourth District Court of Appeal has ruled that police officers raiding an unlicensed marijuana dispensary suffered no injury to their privacy rights when a closed circuit video camera recorded their apparent...
Read MoreA bill on its way to the Governor may not outlaw all disclosures of illegally recorded communications with medical providers. AB 1671 by Assemblyman Jimmy Gomez (D-Los Angeles) would amend the Penal Code to add: A person who...
Read MoreGovernor Edmund G. Brown Jr. has vetoed AB 36 by Assembly Member Nora Campos (D-San Jose), which would have required local agency governing bodies with authority over law enforcement agencies to approve in an open session...
Read MoreThe U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled Tuesday that police may not search the cellphone, tablet computer or other personal digital device of an arrested person without first obtaining a warrant, reports Adam Liptak for the New...
Read MoreFREE SPEECH Court: California privacy law gives Internet opinions on public issues not just the right to be wrong, but also to stay anonymous Study: Surprise! Supreme Court justices’ support for free speech depends on the...
Read MoreA federal court has ruled that a gang member left identifiable in a documentary interview can sue the producers for damages A California gang member, interviewed in a television documentary broadcast about gangs, had his face...
Read MoreA cautionary story for journalists, activists or others tempted to covertly audio- or video-record a conversation with someone, the better to expose him or her later: the problem is that once you do expose them, you may end up...
Read MoreLast night we called attention to a report from CNN Tech that SB 914 had become law without Governor Jerry Brown’s signature. That is not the case. The Governor still has until the end of the month to veto or sign the...
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