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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 287 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: civil liberties groups sue over device searches comments Discuss  
Two civil liberties groups have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, complaining that the agency's Customs and Border Protection (CBP) division has routinely searched many U.S. citizens' laptops and other electronic devices and questioned them about their religious practices and political beliefs. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 287 days ago
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/06/AR2008020604763.htmlBy Ellen NakashimaWashington Post Staff WriterFebruary 7, 2008Nabila Mango, a therapist and a U.S. citizen who has lived in the country since 1965, had just flown in from Jordan last December when, she said, she was detained at customs and her cellphone was taken from her purse. Her daughter, waiting outside San Francisco International Airport, tried repeatedly to call her during the hour and a half she was questioned. But read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 281 days ago
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=security&articleId=9062299By Jaikumar VijayanFebruary 12, 2008 ComputerworldA lawsuit filed last week over warrantless searches of laptops and other electronic devices at U.S. borders highlights an issue that all travelers, U.S. citizens and others, need to be aware of when entering the country, according to the executive director of the Association of Corporate Travel Executives (ACTE).The suit was filed by the Electronic read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 267 days ago
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http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-taxes27feb27,1,5509545.storyBy Christian Retzlaff and Kim MurphyLos Angeles TimesFebruary 27, 2008BOCHUM, GERMANY -- Investigators have traced more than $296 million in German assets to secretive foundations in Liechtenstein in a widening, worldwide tax-evasion investigation in which 163 Germans have admitted guilt, prosecutors said Tuesday.Separately, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service announced that it was initiating enforcement action against 100 American taxpayers i read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 214 days ago
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Senator places blind faith in FairplayA Democrat Senator has proposed monitoring peer-to-peer networks for illegal files. Senator Joe Biden proposed the plan at a Senate Judiciary sub-committee hearing about child exploitation on the net.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 212 days ago
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/22/us_laptop_ruling/By Kevin Fayle in San FranciscoThe Register22nd April 2008 Contrary to what some of you may believe, one cannot live in a laptop, according to the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in the US.In a recent ruling [1], a three-judge panel of that court determined that border agents could examine the contents of a laptop without reasonable suspicion of wrongdoing. As part of that decision, the court rejected the defendant's contention that his laptop read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 199 days ago
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http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/05/protecting-yourself-suspicionless-searches-while-tPosted by Jennifer GranickMay 1st, 2008The Ninth Circuit's recent ruling [1] (pdf) in United States v. Arnold [2] allows border patrol agents to search your laptop or other digital device without limitation when you are entering the country. EFF and many civil liberties, travelers’ rights, immigration advocacy and professional organizations are concerned that unfettered laptop searches endanger trade secrets, attorney-cl read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 161 days ago
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U.S. border agents should not be able to search travelers' laptops without a reasonable suspicion of illegal activity, despite a court ruling allowing such searches, two groups said. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 149 days ago
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Two U.S. senators called on U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to back off its assertion that it can search laptops and other electronic devices owned by U.S. citizens returning to the country without the need for reasonable suspicion of a crime or probable cause. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 49 days ago
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From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2008 01:30:38 -0500 (CDT)http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10055020-38.htmlBy Stephanie CondonPolitics and Law CNET NewsSeptember 30, 2008The Homeland Security Department has declared its right to seize laptops at the U.S. border indefinitely, but legislation introduced Thursday is intended to curb that power.U.S. Sens. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.), Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), and Rep. Adam Smith, (D-Wash.), introduced the Travelers Privacy Protection Ac read more »
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