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Microsoft Vs. DOJ – Feds Argue They Can Demand Emails From Anyone In The World

September 10, 2015March 1, 2016 Asa J 913 Views Apple, Attorney Lee Tien, Brad Smith, business records, Cisco, copblock, copblock.org, data collection, Department of Justice, drug trafficking investigation, Electronic Frontier Foundation, emails, Executive Vice President for Legal and Corporate Affairs, federal court case, foreign emails, fox news, Government of Ireland, Hotmail, international law, Ireland, microsoft, Microsoft General Counsel, Microsoft General Counsel Brad Smith, national sovereignty, NPR, Redmond Washington, search warrant, Second Circuit Court of Appeals, Snowden leaks, Surveillance, The Guardian, three-judge panel, verizon, Washington

A monumental court case resumed Wednesday between Microsoft and the U.S. Department of Justice that will set critical precedent in

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The Fight Against Warrantless Cell-Phone Tracking

June 14, 2015June 14, 2015 Asa J 1919 Views ACLU, cellphone data, cellphone location information, copblock, copblock.org, DEA, Evidence control laws, expectation of privacy, fourth amendment, fusion centers, Gov. Bill Haslam, Gov. Gary R. Herbert, Gov. Terry McAuliffe, gps, House Bill 468, House Bill 4791, Information Sharing Environment, MetroPCS, New Hampshire, NSA, Off Now Coalition, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Property rights, Rep. Garry Smith, Rep. Neal Kurk, Reuters, south carolina, Stasi, Stingray, Supreme Court, Surveillance, surveillance state, Tennessee, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, Third Party Doctrine, Tower dumps, usa today, Utah, verizon, Virginia, warrantless data collection

There are many ways American’s cellphone location information is obtained by law enforcement agencies. On the federal level, the NSA

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Cellphone Companies Will Share Your Location Data – Just Not With You

August 9, 2012May 9, 2013 Pete Eyre 563 Views at&t, cellphone companies, cop block, copblock.org, deutsche telekom, expectation of privacy, Featured, location data, megha rajagopalan, Police State, Privacy, propublica, sprint, t-mobile, verizon

This write-up from Megha Rajagopalan was originally posted at ProPublica.org: Cellphone companies hold onto your location information for years and

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