US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
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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.
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Data Protection
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Fourth Amendment
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Privacy Laws
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Student Privacy
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Updates
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O.W. v. Carr et al.
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Data Protection
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Fourth Amendment
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Privacy Laws
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Student Privacy
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Amicus Briefs
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EPIC Urges Appeals Court to Require Police to Obtain Search Warrants Before Conducting Months-Long Recordings of People’s Homes
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Fourth Amendment
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Privacy in Public
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Privacy Laws
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Surveillance Oversight
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Updates
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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.
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Democracy & Free Speech
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Surveillance Oversight
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Updates
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EPIC and EFF Urge Appeals Court to Recognize that Customers May Sue When Companies’ Lax Data Security Practices Result in Data Breaches
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Article III Standing
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Consumer Privacy
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Cybersecurity
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Data Security
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EPIC & Public Justice Urge Appeals Court to Confirm That Plaintiffs May Sue When Companies Use Their Identities to Advertise
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Article III Standing
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Consumer Privacy
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Cybersecurity
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Data Security
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Updates
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Peter Maldini v. Marriott International, Inc.
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Article III Standing
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Consumer Privacy
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Cybersecurity
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Data Security
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Amicus Briefs
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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.
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Consumer Privacy
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Robocalls
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Amicus Briefs
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Sharpe v. Winterville Police Department
Whether a passenger in a car has a First Amendment right to livestream a traffic stop.
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Democracy & Free Speech
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Amicus Briefs
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United States v. Hamilton
Concerning the Reasonable Expectation of Privacy in Personal E-Mails Stored on a Work Computer
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Data Protection
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Workplace Privacy
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Amicus Briefs
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