Customs and Border Protection, Electronic Devices, Data Protection

Border Search Inspection of Electronic Devices: What Organizations and Their Employees Need to Know

Potomac Law Group, PLLC on 5/20/2025

Employees traveling internationally on behalf of an organization must take steps to protect sensitive, confidential, or proprietary data carried on electronic devices. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has broad...more

Navigating the Evolving Challenges of Foreign National Travel

Husch Blackwell LLP on 3/31/2025

Recent U.S. government actions have created significant challenges for foreign nationals returning to the U.S. from international travel. To ensure a smoother entry process, travelers should consider taking proactive steps to...more

Will CBP Search Your Employee’s Laptop and Cell Phone at the Port of Entry?

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 12/30/2024

Cell phone and laptop searches do happen but they are relatively rare. Although the Fourth Amendment right to be free of unreasonable searches and seizures is drastically reduced at a port of entry, as are expectations of...more

Think Before You Pack that Laptop—Searches At The U.S. Border May Compromise Personal And Corporate Data

Vinson & Elkins LLP on 2/19/2021

A new decision from the First Circuit upholding the federal government’s authority to search the electronic devices of anyone entering the United States — in some instances without a warrant, probable cause, or even...more

Border Searches: Risks to Electronic Devices and Your Data

K2 Integrity on 2/5/2018

U.S. citizens who travel internationally, especially corporate executives and high-net-worth individuals, must consider and navigate data security risks when crossing a border—whether into the United States or another...more

Can They Really Do That?

Womble Bond Dickinson on 11/8/2017

Best Practices for Managing U.S. Border Searches of Electronic Devices - Effective October 18, 2017, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS), Immigration & Customs...more

On the Border: Lawmakers Seek to End Warrantless Searches of Electronic Devices by Border Authorities

Snell & Wilmer on 4/8/2017

The controversial practice of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents randomly demanding that Americans turn over passwords to their mobile devices so they can be searched at the border and at ports of entry may be...more

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