By Jennifer Lynch Google announced this week that it will be making several important changes to…
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Colorado Supreme Court Upholds Keyword Search Warrant
By Jennifer Lynch and Andrew Crocker Today, the Colorado Supreme Court became the first state supreme…
First Appellate Court Finds Geofence Warrant Unconstitutional
By Jennifer Lynch The California Court of Appeal has held that a geofence warrant seeking information…
EFF Files Amicus Brief Challenging Orange County, CA’s Controversial DNA Collection Program
By Jennifer Lynch, Saira Hussain, and Andrew Crocker Should the government be allowed to collect your…
First Court in California Suppresses Evidence from Overbroad Geofence Warrant
By Jennifer Lynch A California trial court has held a geofence warrant issued to the San…
Not Just San Francisco: Police Across the Country are Retaining and Searching DNA of Victims and Innocent People
By Jennifer Lynch This week we learned that San Francisco Police used a woman’s own DNA—collected…
In 2021, the Police Took a Page Out of the NSA’s Playbook: 2021 in Review
By Jennifer Lynch With increasing frequency, law enforcement has been using unconstitutional, suspicionless digital dragnet searches…
Maryland and Montana Pass the Nation’s First Laws Restricting Law Enforcement Access to Genetic Genealogy Databases
By Jennifer Lynch Last week, Maryland and Montana passed laws requiring judicial authorization to search consumer…
New Federal Court Rulings Find Geofence Warrants Unconstitutional
By Jennifer Lynch and Nathaniel Sobel Two federal magistrate judges in three separate opinions have ruled that…
Courts Issue Rulings in Two Cases Challenging Law Enforcement Searches of License Plate Databases
By Jennifer Lynch This week, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an opinion in United…