The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), one of the watchdogs of the financial services industry, has announced through Acting Director Mick Mulvaney that it will no longer collect personal information of consumers...more
12/8/2017
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Cybersecurity ,
Darknet ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Drones ,
Emergency Response ,
FCC ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Fourth Amendment ,
Identity Theft ,
Internet ,
Location Data ,
Net Neutrality ,
NYDFS ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Risk Management ,
SCOTUS ,
Unmanned Aircraft Systems
Last Thursday, the United States Supreme Court heard argument in Carpenter v. United States. At issue was whether the FBI violated the Fourth Amendment when it obtained the cellphone location records of the Timothy...more
12/6/2017
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Cell Phones ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Data Collection ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Fourth Amendment ,
Location Data ,
Pending Litigation ,
Reasonable Expectation of Privacy ,
Riley v California ,
SCOTUS
On February 22, 2017, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Department of Education (DOE) withdrew their May 13, 2016 “Dear Colleague” letter that provided guidance on steps to protect transgender students under Title IX of the...more
3/3/2017
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Dear Colleague Letter ,
Department of Education ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Discrimination ,
Educational Institutions ,
FERPA ,
Gender Discrimination ,
Gender Identity ,
Gloucester County School Board v G.G. ,
LGBTQ ,
School Restrooms ,
SCOTUS ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Title IX ,
Transgender ,
Trump Administration
We previously reported that government access to cellphone geographic information or CSLI without a warrant has become a vigorous debate between the government, defense attorneys, and the federal bench. In a lengthy opinion,...more
8/11/2015
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Geolocation ,
GPS ,
Mobile Devices ,
Privacy Concerns ,
Reasonable Expectation of Privacy ,
Right to Privacy ,
SCOTUS ,
Search Warrant ,
Smartphones ,
Telecommunications ,
Warrantless Searches
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court in Grady v. North Carolina vacated the judgment of the Supreme Court of North Carolina upholding the use of a GPS monitor on a recidivist offender. The statute authorizing the program...more