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Ashley Baker
May 18, 2022
Privacy Advocates Will Get Their Day in Court (But oh, the places their data will go!)
In our analyses of Carpenter v. United States, we argue that the third-party doctrine is at odds with the protections found in the Fourth Am


Ashley Baker
May 18, 2022
Congress Must Act Now to Protect Data Privacy
The third-party doctrine, which holds that people who voluntarily convey information to a third-party such as a bank or a telephone company


Ashley Baker
May 18, 2022
Why SCOTUS Should Tell the Government 'Get a Warrant' in Cellphone Location Data Case
How should the Court approach this case? In an amicus brief filed last week, the Cato Institute, the Competitive Enterprise Institute, the C


Ashley Baker
May 18, 2022
Tech companies ask Supreme Court to block cellphone data grab
"Some of the world’s biggest tech companies pleaded with the Supreme Court this week to update decades-old precedent governing telephon


Ashley Baker
May 18, 2022
Tech Firms Urge Supreme Court to Adapt Privacy Protections for ‘Realities of the Digital Era’ in Cel
"Apple, Facebook, Google, Twitter, Verizon, and other technology companies filed a brief with the Supreme Court late last night declari


Ashley Baker
May 18, 2022
Big Tech Asks Supreme Court to Protect Cell Phone Location Data
This blog post took issue with "Big Tech", although the real problem, if you will, is "Big Data" (i.e. the third-party d

Ashley Baker
May 18, 2022
The Supreme Court Can Protect Privacy Rights in the Digital Age
On Friday, the Committee for Justice (CFJ) joined the Competitive Enterprise Institute, the Cato Institute, and the Reason Foundation in fil


Ashley Baker
May 18, 2022
Privacy Extends to Cell Phone Data, Argues CEI Amicus Brief in Carpenter v. U.S.
Friday the Competitive Enterprise Institute filed an amicus brief in Carpenter v. United States, a Supreme Court case centered on whether or


Ashley Baker
May 18, 2022
To Apply the Fourth Amendment in the Digital Age, Go Back to Its Text
"...In harder cases dealing with unfamiliar items such as communications and data, however, courts retreat to the Supreme Court’s “reas
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