US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

EPIC Tells Fourth Circuit That School Officials Working With Police Cannot Search Student Cell Phones Without Warrants

EPIC has filed an amicus brief urging the Fourth Circuit to recognize that a school working in conjunction with a police officer cannot search a student cell phone without a warrant.

• Data Protection

• Fourth Amendment

• Privacy Laws

• Student Privacy

• Updates

O.W. v. Carr et al.

• Data Protection

• Fourth Amendment

• Privacy Laws

• Student Privacy

• Amicus Briefs

EPIC Urges Appeals Court to Require Police to Obtain Search Warrants Before Conducting Months-Long Recordings of People’s Homes

• Fourth Amendment

• Privacy in Public

• Privacy Laws

• Surveillance Oversight

• Updates

Appeals Court Says Police Can’t Ban Passenger in Traffic Stop from Livestreaming Based on Vague Officer Safety Concerns

The Fourth Circuit ruled today that livestreaming a traffic stop is protected First Amendment speech and that police cannot prevent a passenger in a stopped car from livestreaming a traffic stop based on a vague concern for officer safety.

• Democracy & Free Speech

• Surveillance Oversight

• Updates

EPIC and EFF Urge Appeals Court to Recognize that Customers May Sue When Companies’ Lax Data Security Practices Result in Data Breaches

• Article III Standing

• Consumer Privacy

• Cybersecurity

• Data Security

EPIC & Public Justice Urge Appeals Court to Confirm That Plaintiffs May Sue When Companies Use Their Identities to Advertise

• Article III Standing

• Consumer Privacy

• Cybersecurity

• Data Security

• Updates

Peter Maldini v. Marriott International, Inc.

• Article III Standing

• Consumer Privacy

• Cybersecurity

• Data Security

• Amicus Briefs

Mark Guthrie v. PHH Mortgage Corporation

Whether the Telephone Consumer Protection Act's autodialer restriction only covers dialers that generate random or sequential telephone numbers.

• Consumer Privacy

• Robocalls

• Amicus Briefs

Sharpe v. Winterville Police Department

Whether a passenger in a car has a First Amendment right to livestream a traffic stop.

• Democracy & Free Speech

• Amicus Briefs

United States v. Hamilton

Concerning the Reasonable Expectation of Privacy in Personal E-Mails Stored on a Work Computer

• Data Protection

• Workplace Privacy

• Amicus Briefs