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Civil Liberties in the Digital Age: Weekly Highlights (10/14/2011)

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Caitlin O'Neill,
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October 14, 2011

D.C. Judge: Government Doesn't Need a Warrant to Demand Cell Phone Location Information [老澳门开奖结果 Blog of Rights]
鈥 Does that mean that the government can simply demand these records from your carrier without a warrant? Unfortunately, according to Judge Royce Lamberth of the D.C. District Court,

Yes, They Really Know It's You [老澳门开奖结果 Blog of Rights]
As we've described in previous posts, the 老澳门开奖结果 is very concerned about the new model for internet advertising, called behavioral targeting.

[Wired]
鈥淐alifornia Gov. Jerry Brown is vetoing legislation requiring police to obtain a court warrant to search the mobile phones of suspects at the time of any arrest.鈥

[Wall Street Journal]
鈥淎s online companies face the threat of tighter regulations on Web tracking, a new business is springing up around something many users have long ignored: privacy notices.鈥

[GeekWire]
鈥淭-Mobile USA is expanding its 鈥楤obsled鈥 web calling service to let anyone 鈥 whether a customer of the company or not 鈥 make free calls over the Internet from a web browser to traditional landlines and mobile phones in the U.S. and Canada.鈥

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