BNA INSIGHTS: Sixth Circuit Finds Stored Communications Act Unconstitutional, Providing Further Momentum for Electronic Communications Privacy Act Reform, Possible Supreme Court Review
January 31, 2011 in Privacy & Security Law Report · Leave a Comment
A recent decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit invalidating part of the Stored Communications Act (SCA) casts doubt on law enforcement’s ability to access e-mail communications without a warrant, and renews questions about updating the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA)…
Supreme Court Rules City’s Search of Police Officer’s Text Messages Not Privacy Breach
June 21, 2010 in Privacy & Security Law Report · Leave a Comment
A California city did not violate a police officer’s Fourth Amendment privacy rights by reviewing personal text messages he…
Privacy Groups Urge Supreme Court to Tread Cautiously in Quon Work Texting Case
March 29, 2010 in Privacy & Security Law Report · Leave a Comment
The U.S. Supreme Court should exercise caution in reviewing whether a police officer had a reasonable expectation of privacy in personal text messages sent from and received by his employer-issued pager, because the court’s ruling may reverberate beyond the public sector workplace, privacy groups argued in a friend of the court brief filed March 23.
