Post Tagged with: "Privacy"

The Real Facebook Jail

The Real Facebook Jail

By Regan Jarvis, Staff Writer The Sixth Amendment guarantees criminal defendants’ right to a speedy and public trial with an impartial jury, however, it does not prohibit the publication of mugshots and arrest records prior to a conviction.[1] With the growing presence of social media, many police departments have turned to these platforms, […]

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The 4th Amendment is Not For Sale

By Amber Pavuscko, Staff Writer In January 2020, a 14-year-old girl went missing and few leads were available. [1] From hundreds of miles away, a prosecutor volunteered widely available commercial data from cellphones to use in the investigation. [2] This data includes users’ locations which can be bought and used […]

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Do We Need Data Privacy?

Do We Need Data Privacy?

Photo provided courtesy by Unsplash.com. By Daniel Pagana, Staff Writer Many industries are subject to privacy laws.  Often times, privacy law violations indicate potential criminal conduct because of the nature of certain sensitive information.  For example, sensitive data held by the banking industry is subject to the Right to Financial […]

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The Use of Drones in the Home Inspection Industry – How Close is Too Close?

The Use of Drones in the Home Inspection Industry – How Close is Too Close?

Photo Provided Courtesy of Unsplash.com The Use of Drones in the Home Inspection Industry – How Close is Too Close? By Elizabeth Fitch, Feature Editor   Drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), are small aircrafts, often equipped with cameras, that have gained significant popularity both commercially and recreationally in recent […]

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Google Antitrust and Privacy

Google Antitrust and Privacy

Photo courtesy of Pixabay.com Google Antitrust and Privacy By Stephen Hodzic   On October 20, 2020, the Justice Department, amongst eleven Attorneys General from various states, filed a civil antitrust lawsuit against Google to prevent it from “unlawfully maintaining monopolies through anticompetitive and exclusionary practices in the search and search […]

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Data Monetization Without Compensation

By Kyle Steenland, Feature Editor The contemporary Wild West pans for its gold not through the streams of Mother Nature, but rather through the streams of internet connections created in the 1990s. This panning has yielded a New Age commodity: data. The value of this digital data rush rivals that […]

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Genes Talk: The Current State of DNA Privacy Law

By Samantha Cook, Feature Editor AncestryDNA® (“Ancestry”) and its competitors, like 23andMe® (“23andMe”), provide users with a fascinating look at their genealogies and help to connect them with distant relatives. I thought it would be an interesting experiment to give my parents Ancestry DNA kits for Christmas, but the idea […]

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