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APPEALS COURTS REFINE COMPUTER SEARCH RULES

Following on the heels of a workplace computer search ruling last August, the Ninth Circuit has again waded into the rapidly expanding pool of Fourth Amendment law concerning computer searches. It is joined by the Tenth Circuit, which in April handed down an interesting ruling regarding the search of personally-owned computers present at a workplace. Both decisions defended the searches involved, but also reaffirmed protections for the personal computers in various contexts. Read more…

(FindLaw Columnist Kevin Fayle)

http://technology.findlaw.com/articles/00006/010778.html

(Many thanks to A. Volkerts for passing this information along. Russ)

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