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U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2018
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Carpenter v. United States

The Supreme Court ruled that the government needs a warrant to access a person’s cellphone location history. The court found in a 5 to 4 decision that obtaining such information is a search under the Fourth Amendment and that a warrant from a judge based on probable cause is required.
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Dec 2016
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Sarkar v. Doe - PubPeer Subpoena Challenge

The Ƶfiled a motion in Michigan state court challenging the constitutionality of a subpoena issued to the website PubPeer demanding that it turn over the identities of anonymous commenters. In March 2015, the trial judge ruled that PubPeer had to unmask one – but only one – of the commenters. Both PubPeer and the researcher appealed, and the ruling was upheld in December 2016.
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75 Privacy & Technology Cases

NASA
U.S. Supreme Court
Nov 2012

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National Security

NASA v. Nelson

Whether the government may require Caltech employees working under contract at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in "low-risk" and "non-sensitive" jobs to disclose, among other things, information about medical treatment and psychological counseling that they may have received in connection with illegal drug use.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Nov 2012
NASA

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National Security

NASA v. Nelson

Whether the government may require Caltech employees working under contract at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in "low-risk" and "non-sensitive" jobs to disclose, among other things, information about medical treatment and psychological counseling that they may have received in connection with illegal drug use.
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Drone
Court Case
Oct 2012

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Domestic Drones FOIA Requests

On October 23, 2012, the Ƶfiled Freedom of Information Act requests with five federal agencies seeking records related to the federal government’s domestic use of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) - better known as drones - as well as plans for the future rollout of drones in the United States.
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Court Case
Oct 2012
Drone

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Domestic Drones FOIA Requests

On October 23, 2012, the Ƶfiled Freedom of Information Act requests with five federal agencies seeking records related to the federal government’s domestic use of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) - better known as drones - as well as plans for the future rollout of drones in the United States.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Oct 2012

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George v. TSA

Nick George was on his way to start his senior year at California’s Pomona College in August 2009 when he was detained, aggressively interrogated, handcuffed, and locked in a jail cell for nearly five hours at the Philadelphia International Airport because he was carrying a set of English-Arabic flashcards in for his college language class, as well as a book critical of U.S. foreign policy.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Oct 2012

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George v. TSA

Nick George was on his way to start his senior year at California’s Pomona College in August 2009 when he was detained, aggressively interrogated, handcuffed, and locked in a jail cell for nearly five hours at the Philadelphia International Airport because he was carrying a set of English-Arabic flashcards in for his college language class, as well as a book critical of U.S. foreign policy.
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Automated License plate readers
U.S. Supreme Court
Jul 2012

Privacy & Technology

U.S. v. Jones

Whether the government needs a search warrant before placing a GPS device on a car and tracking the car's movements for a month.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jul 2012
Automated License plate readers

Privacy & Technology

U.S. v. Jones

Whether the government needs a search warrant before placing a GPS device on a car and tracking the car's movements for a month.
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Amazon
North Carolina
Oct 2010

Privacy & Technology

+2 Ƶ

Amazon.com, LLC v. Kenneth R. Lay

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North Carolina
Oct 2010
Amazon

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Amazon.com, LLC v. Kenneth R. Lay

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