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Location Data
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Personal Injury Law Journal
Potential Privacy Risks from Sharing Smartphone Photos over the Web
Parents Beware: Depending on your settings, your Smartphone may be embedding GPS location data in each picture you take with it.
Data Law Insights
Divided Fifth Circuit Rules That Government May Obtain Cell Phone Location Information Without A Warrant
In a departure from the recent position staked out by the New Jersey Supreme Court, the Fifth Circuit ruled yesterday in In Re: Application Of The United States Of America…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Facebook to launch location-tracking feature
Douglas MacMillan (@dmac1) reports in the Washington Post that Facebook may have a location-tracking app by mid-March The application will reportedly track a user's location, helping users find nearby friends,…
HL Chronicle of Data Protection
GAO Calls for Additional Federal Action in Mobile Privacy Report
By Mark Brennan
On October 11, 2012, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a report titled "Mobile Device Location Data: Additional Federal Actions Could Help Protect Consumer Privacy." Requested by Sen. Al…
Inside Privacy
Rep. Lofgren Introduces Legislation to Update ECPA
Last Friday, Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) introduced the ECPA 2.0 Act, H.R. 6529, which would strengthen the legal standards for law enforcement to gain access to electronic communications and location…
Inside Privacy
California Legislature Bans Warrantless Location Tracking
Last week, the California legislature passed one of the nation’s most restrictive bills governing law enforcement’s ability to access location information. Under the California Location Privacy Act, state and local…
Sixth Circuit Appellate Blog
Sixth Circuit Finds No Reasonable Expectation of Privacy in Data Emanating from Cell Phone
In an interesting criminal case, United States v. Skinner (09-6497), the Sixth Circuit rejected a Fourth Amendment challenge by a convicted drug runner based on the government’s tracking of location data from his…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Sixth Circuit Says No Expectation of Privacy in Location Data From Cell Phone
By ConLawProf initials at end of post
A three-judge panel of the Sixth Circuit ruled in U.S. v. Skinner that a defendant did not have a reasonable expectation of privacy in GPS data coming from a cell phone…
CommLawBlog
Update: New E911 Rules to Take Effect in November
By FHH Law
New E911 rules designed to make it easier to locate you (and anybody else with a personal communications device) are now set to take effect in November.
Ad Law Access
Groupon Privacy Statement Revisions Reflect Evolving Legal and Regulatory Landscape
By Kelley Drye
Groupon recently made sweeping and material changes to its web-posted privacy statement, allowing the company to collect more information and share it more freely with other companies. The changes allow…