Cristina Alesci reports: President Donald Trump; his children Donald Jr., Eric and Ivanka; and his business are suing two banks to block them from turning over financial records to congressional committees that have issued subpoenas for the information. It’s the second attempt in court that Trump has made this month to thwart the Democratic-led House…
Month: April 2019
UK: Rape Victims Could Feel Pressured Into Handing Over Their Phone
This item relates to a statement from the ICO’s office in the UK that I posted earlier today. Ciara Sheppard reports: Campaigners have warned that victims of rape and sexual assault could be deterred from coming forward under a new policy requiring them to hand over access to their mobile phones and social media accounts….
Apple defends its takedown of some apps monitoring screen-time
Jonathan Shieber reports: Apple is defending its removal of certain parental control apps from the iOS App Store in a new statement. The company has come under fire for its removal of certain apps that were pitched as tools giving parents more control over their children’s screen-time, but that Apple said relied on technology that…
Misunderstanding Katz; Forgetting Smith
Scott Greenfield writes: About a decade ago, it became clear that the Fourth Amendment framework for the physical world was going to present some problems when applied to the digital world. Some of the academics who ponder such things, like Dan Solove and Orin Kerr, tried to come up with competing theories and approaches that…