To the Ballot: Montana Passes Measure to Treat Electronic Data as “Persons, houses, papers and possessions”
HELENA, Mont. (April 27, 2021) โ Last week, the Montana House gave final approval to a bill that will put a state constitutional amendment on the ballot. If approved by voters, it will elevate the privacy of a personโs electronic communications and data to the same...
U.S. Post Office Operating as Part of Surveillance State
Yahoo Newsย revealedย that the law enforcement arm of the U.S. Postal Service has been secretly tracking and collecting Americansโ social media posts. “The details of the surveillance effort, known as Internet Covert Operations Program (iCOP), have not previously...
Massachusetts Bill Would Limit Police Use of Facial Recognition
BOSTON, Mass. (April 20,2021) โ A bill introduced in the Massachusetts House would limit law enforcement use of facial recognition systems. The growing movement to prohibit the use of facial recognition at the state and local levels could hinder the operation of a...